Obituaries
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Children's author, illustrator of Llama Llama stories dies
Sep 06, 2016 7:00 am - MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) - Best-selling children's book author and illustrator Anna Dewdney, who gained fame with her series of Llama Llama stories, has died at age 50. Dewd...
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Far-right activist, author Phyllis Schlafly dies at 92
Sep 06, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Phyllis Schlafly, the outspoken conservative activist who helped defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and founded the Eagle Forum political gr...
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Nannie Lee Fulmer, mother of Phillip Fulmer, dies at 91
Sep 05, 2016 7:00 am - TULLAHOMA, Tenn. (AP) - Nannie Lee Fulmer, the mother of former Tennessee football coach Phillip Fulmer, has died. She was 91. Jim Cortner, funeral director at Moore-Cor...
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Far-right activist, author Phyllis Schlafly dies at 92
Sep 05, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Phyllis Schlafly, the outspoken conservative activist who helped defeat the Equal Rights Amendment in the 1970s and founded the Eagle Forum political gr...
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TV's Wyatt Earp, Hugh O'Brian, has died at 91
Sep 05, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Hugh O'Brian, who shot to fame as Sheriff Wyatt Earp in what was hailed as television's first adult Western, has died. He was 91. A representative fro...
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Australian counterculture icon Richard Neville dies at 74
Sep 04, 2016 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian author and social commentator Richard Neville, best known as founder of the 1960s counterculture magazine Oz, has died, his wife sa...
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Former N.W.A manager Jerry Heller dies at 75
Sep 03, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The music manager who helped introduce N.W.A to the masses has died. Jerry Heller was 75 years old. Heller's cousin, Gary Ballen, says Heller died Fri...
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Widow of pioneer winemaker Robert Mondavi dies at 91
Sep 03, 2016 7:00 am - NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Margrit Biever Mondavi, the widow of California wine pioneer Robert G. Mondavi who served as the company's cultural affairs director for decades, has...
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Former CFL pioneer Norman Kwong dies at 86
Sep 03, 2016 7:00 am - CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Norman Kwong, the first Chinese Canadian player in the Canadian Football League who later served as Alberta's lieutenant governor, died Saturday....
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Widow of pioneer winemaker Robert Mondavi dies at 91
Sep 02, 2016 7:00 am - NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Margrit Biever Mondavi, the widow of California wine pioneer Robert G. Mondavi who served as the company's cultural affairs director for decades, has...