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Adolf Burger, inmate forced by Nazis to forge money, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Adolf Burger, a Jewish typographer who was forced by the Nazis to make fake British pounds in a major counterfeit operation during World War II, has died. ...
Guitarist/singer Greg Lake of Emerson, Lake and Palmer dies

By JILL LAWLESS
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Musician Greg Lake co-founded both King Crimson and Emerson, Lake and Palmer - bands that helped define the sprawling, influential but often-maligned genre...
John Glenn, the 1st American to orbit Earth, dies at age 95

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - John Glenn, whose 1962 flight as the first U.S. astronaut to orbit the Earth made him an all-American hero and propelled him to a long career in the U....
4-time Olympic sailing champion Paul Elvstrom dies at 88

By JAN M. OLSEN
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Paul Elvstrom, a yachtsman who won four straight Olympic sailing gold medals between 1948 and 1960, has died, the Danish sports confederation ...
'Godspeed, John Glenn': Public hails hero of space, politics

By The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2016 6:00 am - Tributes poured in for former astronaut and U.S. Sen. John Glenn, who died Thursday at age 95. Politicians, astronauts, educators and others repeatedly called him a hero...
Lovell remembers Glenn as mentor, 'Boy Scout of space program'

By Kerry Lester
Dec 08, 2016 12:00 am - Retired Navy Capt. Jim Lovell on Thursday remembered his friend and fellow astronaut John Glenn as a contemporary who at the same time paved the way and "was always a mo...
'Game of Thrones' actor Peter Vaughan dies at 93

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Veteran British character actor Peter Vaughan, who played the enigmatic Maester Aemon in "Game of Thrones," has died aged 93. Vaughan's agent Sally Long-In...
Indian actress-turned-politician Jayaram Jayalalithaa dies

By ASHOK SHARMA and NIRMALA GEORGE
Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - CHENNAI, India (AP) - Jayaram Jayalalithaa, the hugely popular south Indian actress who later turned to politics and became the highest elected official in the state of ...
Margaret Whitton, star of 'Major League,' dies at 67

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Margaret Whitton, who starred as a former showgirl who became owner of the Cleveland Indians in the 1989 comedy "Major League," has died. She was 67. Whi...
Owner of iconic Arlington Heights store dies at 99

By Eileen O. Daday
Dec 06, 2016 12:00 am - Vern Hagenbring, the former owner of an iconic Arlington Heights store that helped anchor the village's downtown for 75 years, has died. Hagenbring's general store opene...

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