Obituaries
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Actor Marvin Kaplan, a diner patron on 'Alice,' dead at 89
Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Veteran actor Marvin Kaplan has died at 89. Best known for his recurring role on the long-running sitcom "Alice," Kaplan died Friday in Burbank, Californ...
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Longtime Waterloo-Cedar Falls sportswriter dies in newsroom
Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says its longtime sportswriter, Jim Sullivan, has died of an apparent heart attack just after completing work on t...
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Designer Sonia Rykiel, known for a relaxed style, dies at 86
Aug 25, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Sonia Rykiel, a French designer dubbed the "queen of knitwear" whose relaxed sweaters in berry-colored stripes and eye-popping motifs helped liberate women ...
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Kenyan athletics head Kiplagat dies after a long illness
Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The suspended president of Athletics Kenya, Isaiah Kiplagat, has died after a long illness. He was 72. Track and field's world governing body, the ...
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Former West German president Walter Scheel dies at 97
Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Walter Scheel, who helped shape West Germany's policy of reconciliation with the communist bloc as foreign minister and later served as his country's presi...
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Steven Hill, who played 'Law & Order' DA Schiff, dies at 94
Aug 23, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steven Hill, a versatile character actor in theater, films and television who achieved his greatest success late in life as grumpy District Attorney A...
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Headley Bennett, sax player on Bob Marley's first song, dies
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Saxophonist Headley Bennett, who played on "Judge Not," Bob Marley's first song, has died at age 85, his family said Monday. His daughter Carol ...
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Jazz harmonica great Toots Thielemans dies at 94 in Belgium
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian musician Toots Thielemans, who turned the lowly harmonica into a virtuoso jazz instrument during an illustrious career that saw him perform with ...
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Filmmaker who made illustrations into moving images dies
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - WESTON, Conn. (AP) - An Oscar-nominated filmmaker who developed a technique to transform illustrations from children's books into moving images for films has died at his...
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Dick Wolf, a 'founding father' of Prospect Heights, dies at 80Aug 22, 2016 1:00 am - Richard E. Wolf, who served as Prospect Heights' first mayor and remained active in the community for more than two decades after leaving office, died over the weekend. ...