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James Alan McPherson, prize-winning author, dead at 72

By The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James Alan McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning story collection "Elbow Room" and a longtime faculty member at the University of Iowa's presti...
Talk show host, actor Jerry Doyle found dead at Vegas home

The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Actor and syndicated conservative talk show host Gerard "Jerry" Doyle has died in Las Vegas at age 60. Clark County coroner John Fudenberg (FYOU'-den-be...
Founder of Christmas Tree Shops discount retail chain dies

The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am - BARNSTABLE, Mass. (AP) - The man who founded the Christmas Tree Shops discount retail chain with a single store on Cape Cod has died. Charles Bilezikian (bihl-uh-ZIHK-ee...
Forrest Mars Jr., who shaped global candy empire, dies at 84

By PHUONG LE
Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Forrest E. Mars Jr., who helped shape Mars Inc. into a multi-billion dollar confectionary empire with beloved brands such as M&M's and Snickers bars, has ...
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...

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