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All-American John Glenn: Astronaut, fighter pilot, senator

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Dec 09, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - John Glenn was the ultimate all-American hero. He was the first American to orbit the Earth, a war hero fighter pilot, a record-setting test pilot, a l...
'Days of Our Lives' bad guy Joseph Mascolo dies at 87

The Associated Press
Dec 09, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joseph Mascolo, who played bad guy Stefano DiMera on NBC's daytime serial "Days of Our Lives," has died. He was 87. Mascolo, who had Alzheimer's disea...
Former Baylor AD and basketball coach Menefee dies at 95

The Associated Press
Dec 09, 2016 6:00 am - WACO, Texas (AP) - Bill Menefee, whose tenure as Baylor athletic director included a Southwest Conference football championship and five bowl trips for the Bears, has di...
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...

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