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A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love," has died...
Boy who was 'Lost on a Mountain in Maine' dies at 90

By DAVID SHARP
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Donn Fendler, who as a boy survived nine days alone on Maine's tallest mountain in 1939 and later wrote a book about the ordeal, has died at 90. F...
Boxing great Aaron Pryor, who battled Arguello, dies at 60

By TIM DAHLBERG
Oct 09, 2016 7:00 am - Aaron Pryor, the relentless junior welterweight who fought two memorable bouts with Alexis Arguello, died Sunday. He was 60. Pryor's family issued a statement saying the...
Leading Polish filmmaker Andrzej Wajda dies at 90

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Oct 09, 2016 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's leading filmmaker Andrzej Wajda, whose career maneuvering between a repressive communist government and an audience yearning for freedom w...
Stylianos Pattakos, Greek military coup figure, dies at 103

By DEMETRIS NELLAS
Oct 09, 2016 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Stylianos Pattakos, the last survivor among the leaders of a 1967 coup that ruled Greece for seven years, has died at 103. The state-run Athens New...
Brooklyn DA Kenneth Thompson dies at 50 from cancer

By DEEPTI HAJELA
Oct 09, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Brooklyn District Attorney Kenneth Thompson, the first African-American to hold the office and whose career included internationally high-profile cases i...
Former archdiocese attorney, developer Laidley dies

By Bob Susnjara
Oct 07, 2016 1:00 am - Forrest David Laidley, who was an Archdiocese of Chicago attorney and a developer who built an upscale mall in Lincolnshire and later went to prison for scamming investo...
Brock Yates, wrote hit film 'The Cannonball Run,' dies at 82

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Brock Yates, a longtime auto racing journalist who helped launch the popular and off-beat Cannonball Run races in the early 1970s and wrote the hit movie...
NJIT assistant athletic director Tim Camp dies

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2016 7:00 am - NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Tim Camp, the assistant athletic director for sports information at NJIT, has died. He was 59. The school announced his death on Thursday. Camp, who ...
UFC fighter Josh Samman dies at 28 of probable drug overdose

The Associated Press
Oct 05, 2016 7:00 am - HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (AP) - UFC middleweight Josh Samman died Wednesday after spending nearly a week in a Florida hospital following a probable drug overdose. He was 28. Dr. ...

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