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Stranded by flat tire, Marta Becket made the desert dance

By ALISON NOON and SCOTT SONNER
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) - A ballerina who drew audiences from around the world to an abandoned Mojave Desert stage she adopted after being stranded there by a flat tire...
Actor Frank Pellegrino of 'The Sopranos' dies at 72

The Associated Press
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former "Sopranos" cast member and New York restaurateur Frank Pellegrino has died. Pellegrino died Tuesday in New York of lung cancer, according to publi...
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...

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