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Spokesman: Congolese opposition leader Tshisekedi dies at 84

By SALEH MWANAMILONGO and KRISTA LARSON
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, who pushed for democratic reforms for decades in the vast Central African nation throughout dictatorsh...
Wisconsin artist who cast Mary Tyler Moore sculpture dies

The Associated Press
Jan 31, 2017 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Gwendolyn Gillen, a Wisconsin artist whose bronze sculpture of Mary Tyler Moore tossing her hat became a downtown Minneapolis landmark, has died. Sh...
John Wetton of rock group Asia has died aged 67

The Associated Press
Jan 31, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Singer and bassist John Wetton of the rock group Asia has died. He was 67. A statement from his publicist, Glass Onyon PR, says Wetton died Tuesday from co...
Author who wrote about life in rural Vermont dies at 74

The Associated Press
Jan 30, 2017 6:00 am - IRASBURG, Vt. (AP) - Howard Frank Mosher, a Vermont writer best known for his novels about life in the state's rural Northeast Kingdom has died. He was 74. Mosher's wife...
Pomsel, former secretary of Nazi propagandist, dies at 106

The Associated Press
Jan 30, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Brunhilde Pomsel, a former secretary of Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels, has died. She was 106. Pomsel lived most of her life in relative obscurit...
Japanese arcade pioneer and 'Father of Pac-Man' has died

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Jan 30, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Masaya Nakamura, the "Father of Pac-Man" who founded the Japanese video game company behind the hit creature-gobbling game, has died. He was 91. Nakamura, w...
'Perry Mason' actress Barbara Hale dies at 94

By LYNN ELBER
Jan 29, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barbara Hale, a movie actress who found her most famous role on television as steadfast secretary Della Street in the long-running "Perry Mason" serie...
Academy-award winning sound engineer and film professor dies

The Associated Press
Jan 29, 2017 6:00 am - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Richard Portman, a veteran sound engineer who won an Academy Award for his work on "The Deer Hunter" and later became a film school professor, h...
Oscar-nominated Emmanuelle Riva dies in Paris, age 89

The Associated Press
Jan 28, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Emmanuelle Riva, a French star of screen and stage who was nominated for an Academy Award for best actress in 2013, has died. She was 89. Riva died Friday a...
Pearl Harbor Navy salvage diver dies at 103

The Associated Press
Jan 28, 2017 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Ken Hartle, who as a Navy diver during World War II had the grim task of retrieving bodies from ships sunk by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor, has died. He...

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