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Jazz fusion guitarist Larry Coryell dies in NYC at age 73

The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jazz guitarist Larry Coryell, known as the "Godfather of Fusion," has died in New York City. He was 73. His publicist, Kurt Nishimura, said Coryell died ...
Venezuelan art promoter, journalist Sofia Imber dies at 92

By FABIOLA SANCHEZ
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Sofia Imber, who turned a garage into the Caracas Museum of Contemporary Art and became one of Venezuela's most influential women journalists, ...
Official charged in United flight bribe case dies at age 62

The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2017 6:00 am - LAMBERTVILLE, N.J. (AP) - A United Airlines lobbyist and longtime state official accused of conspiracy in a shakedown benefiting the former chairman of the agency that c...
"Blind Sheik" guilty of 1990s terror plots dies in US prison

By BRIAN MELLEY and LEE KEATH
Feb 19, 2017 6:00 am - The so called Blind Sheik, Omar Abdel-Rahman, who was convicted of plotting terror attacks in New York City in the decade before 9/11 has died in a federal prison. He wa...
Tennessee prep Hall of Fame coach Henry Bowles dies at 80

The Associated Press
Feb 19, 2017 6:00 am - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - A Chattanooga funeral home says longtime Howard High School basketball coach Henry Bowles has died. He was 80. A notice posted on the website o...
Ex-Australia rugby forward Dan Vickerman dies at age 37

The Associated Press
Feb 19, 2017 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Dan Vickerman, who played 63 rugby tests for Australia and was involved in three World Cups, has died at his home in Sydney. He was 37. The Australian Rugb...
Olympic 800-meter gold medalist Olizarenko dies at 63

The Associated Press
Feb 19, 2017 6:00 am - KIEV, Ukraine (AP) - Nadiya Olizarenko, gold medalist in the women's 800 meters at the 1980 Moscow Olympics, has died. She was 63. The Ukrainian athletics federation sai...
James Brown's 'Funky Drummer' Clyde Stubblefield dies at 73

The Associated Press
Feb 18, 2017 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Clyde Stubblefield, a drummer for James Brown who created one of the most widely sampled drum breaks ever, died Saturday. He was 73. His wife, Jody ...
Some involved in Omar Abdel-Rahman's case had own notoriety

By The Associated Press
Feb 18, 2017 6:00 am - Sheik Omar Abdel-Rahman, a blind Egyptian cleric who died in prison Saturday, was convicted in 1995 along with nine followers of a conspiracy to blow up the United Natio...
Ivan Koloff, wrestling's "Russian Bear," dies at 74

The Associated Press
Feb 18, 2017 6:00 am - GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Ivan Koloff, the Canadian professional wrestler known as "The Russian Bear" in the ring, had died after fighting liver cancer. He was 74. Koloff'...

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