Obituaries
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Longtime Ohio newspaper publisher John F. Wolfe dies at 72
Jun 24, 2016 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Longtime Ohio newspaper publisher John F. Wolfe, whose family sold The Columbus Dispatch last year and still owns television and radio stations, ha...
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Michael Herr, author of the Vietnam-era 'Dispatches,' dies
Jun 24, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Herr, the author and Oscar-nominated screenplay writer who viscerally documented the ravages of the Vietnam War through his classic nonfiction no...
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Bluegrass music patriarch Ralph Stanley dies at 89
Jun 23, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ralph Stanley, a patriarch of Appalachian music who with his brother Carter helped expand and popularize the genre that became known as bluegrass...
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Japanese who created the popular Othello board game dies
Jun 23, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Goro Hasegawa, the Japanese man credited with creating the Othello board game, has died. He was 83. Hasegawa died after a long illness Monday in his home in...
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Architect who helped shape look of Arlington Heights diesJun 23, 2016 1:00 am - A sitting member of the Arlington Heights Design Commission, whose 20-year history with the group and background as a commercial architect helped shape the look of the v...
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Former UN General Assembly chief dies amid bribery case
Jun 22, 2016 7:00 am - DOBBS FERRY, N.Y. (AP) - Former U.N. General Assembly President John Ashe of the twin-island Caribbean nation of Antigua and Barbuda died on Wednesday in the United Stat...
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Ellen Soeteber, former editor of the Post-Dispatch, dies
Jun 22, 2016 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Veteran journalist Ellen Soeteber, the former editor of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, has died after a brief illness. She was 66. Soeteber, who also spen...
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Wayne Jackson of the Memphis Horns duo dies at 74
Jun 22, 2016 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Trumpet player Wayne Jackson, who played standout horn lines on rock 'n' roll, soul, R&B and pop mainstays along with Memphis Horns partner and ten...
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Wayne Jackson, half of Memphis Horns duo, dies at age 74
Jun 21, 2016 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Trumpet player Wayne Jackson, who played standout horn lines on rock 'n' roll, soul, R&B and pop mainstays along with Memphis Horns partner and ten...
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Louisiana-Lafayette incoming freshman Williams dead at 19
Jun 21, 2016 7:00 am - LAFAYETTE, La. (AP) - Louisiana-Lafayette basketball recruit Herman Williams has died while playing basketball in his home state of Florida. Ragin' Cajuns coach Bob Marl...