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Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara dead at age 87

By MATTI HUUHTANEN
Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Einojuhani Rautavaara, arguably Finland's most famous classical composer since the era of Jean Sibelius, has died at the age of 87. Rautavaara produced e...
Mahashweta Devi, Indian writer, social activist, dies at 90

The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Mahashweta Devi, a well-known Indian writer and social activist, who used her writing to give voice to the oppressed poor tribal and forest dwellers, ha...
Mad magazine artist and prolific illustrator Jack Davis dies

By FRAZIER MOORE
Jul 27, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Davis, the prolific Mad magazine illustrator, cartoonist and movie poster artist, has died. He died Wednesday morning, according to his son-in-law, ...
Sandy Pearlman, produced Clash, Blue Oyster Cult, dead at 72

The Associated Press
Jul 27, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sandy Pearlman, a pioneering rock critic who later produced and managed Blue Oyster Cult and worked with The Clash, Patti Smith and other punk artists, h...
Land speed racer Sam Wheeler dies at Utah's Salt Flats

By BRADY McCOMBS
Jul 27, 2016 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Sam Wheeler, a renowned land speed motorcycle racer, is dead after the high-performance bike he was testing at Utah's famed Bonneville Salt Flats f...
Broadway giant James 'Jimmy' Nederlander dies at 94

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 26, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James M. Nederlander, who took over the fledgling Nederlander Organization from his father and built it into one of the largest producers of live enterta...
Irish jockey paralyzed after falling off horse dies aged 41

The Associated Press
Jul 26, 2016 7:00 am - DUBLIN (AP) - JT McNamara, an Irish jockey who was paralyzed following a fall at the Cheltenham Festival in 2013, has died. He was 41. McNamara's death was announced by ...
Actress who played TV psychic Miss Cleo dies of cancer at 53

By TERRY SPENCER
Jul 26, 2016 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The actress who became famous playing the Jamaican psychic Miss Cleo, claiming to know callers' futures in ubiquitous TV infomercials and co...
Egyptian filmmaker Mohamed Khan has died at 73

The Associated Press
Jul 26, 2016 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - One of Egypt's best-known film directors, Mohammed Khan, whose realism shed light on the country's urban landscape since the 1980s, has died. He was 73. Fil...
Luc Hoffman, Swiss ornithologist and naturalist, dead at 93

The Associated Press
Jul 26, 2016 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Dr. Luc Hoffmann, a Swiss ornithologist and naturalist with a passion for wetlands who helped create the World Wildlife Fund for Nature and many other cons...

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