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Arthur Hiller, versatile director of 'Love Story,' dies

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Arthur Hiller, who received an Oscar nomination for directing the hugely popular romantic tragedy "Love Story" during a career that spanned dozens of ...
Correction: Obit-John McLaughlin story

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Aug. 16 reporting the death of John McLaughlin, The Associated Press erroneously identified McLaughlin's partner in launching " The McLaughlin...
Brilliant, inventive jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson dies

By JOHN ROGERS
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bobby Hutcherson, the bricklayer's son who became one of the greatest, most inventive jazz vibraphonists to pick up a pair of mallets, has died at age...
Joao Havelange, former president of FIFA, dies at age 100

By TALES AZZONI
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Joao Havelange, who as president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer's governing body into a multibillion-dollar business and a hotbed for s...
Brilliant, inventive jazz vibraphonist Bobby Hutcherson dies

By JOHN ROGERS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bobby Hutcherson, the bricklayer's son who became one of the greatest, most inventive jazz vibraphonists to pick up a pair of mallets, has died at age...
Fyvush Finkel, plastic-faced character actor, dead at 93

By MARK KENNEDY
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Fyvush Finkel, the plastic-faced Emmy Award-winning character actor whose career in stage and screen started in Yiddish theater and led to memorabl...
Choo Choo Coleman, member of original Mets, dies at 80

The Associated Press
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Clarence "Choo-Choo" Coleman, a catcher on the expansion 1962 Mets who spent four seasons in the major leagues with New York and the Philadelphia Phillie...
Barbara Gibb, mother of Bee Gees' Gibb brothers, dies at 95

The Associated Press
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Barbara Gibb, mother of the Gibb brothers whose music with the Bee Gees and solo projects sold tens of millions of records, has died. She was 95. Lori Lousa...
Renowned New Orleans sports writer Peter Finney dead at 88

The Associated Press
Aug 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Peter Finney, a sports writer whose award-winning career in New Orleans spanned nearly 70 years, died Saturday at the age of 88. His death was confirm...
Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in 'Star Wars,' dead at 81

By JILL LAWLESS
Aug 13, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Kenny Baker played the lovable droid R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" films, achieving cult status and fans' adulation without showing his face or speaking any lin...

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