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Acclaimed Australian filmmaker Paul Cox dies aged 76

The Associated Press
Jun 19, 2016 7:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Award-winning Australian filmmaker Paul Cox has died, the Australian Directors Guild said Sunday. He was 76. The guild did not disclose the ca...
'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin killed when his car hits him

By LINDSEY BAHR and SANDY COHEN
Jun 19, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway ear...
The Latest: Actor Anton Yelchin killed by own rolling car

The Associated Press
Jun 19, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Latest on the death of "Star Trek" film actor Anton Yelchin (all times local): 1 p.m. Los Angeles police say Anton Yelchin, an actor best known fo...
Hip-hop artist Attrell Cordes, half of duo P.M. Dawn, dies

The Associated Press
Jun 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Attrell Cordes, who formed the hip-hop duo P.M. Dawn with his brother and was also known by the name Prince Be, has died. His representative confirmed Co...
Ron Lester, who portrayed Billy Bob in 'Varsity Blues,' dies

The Associated Press
Jun 18, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Actor Ron Lester, who was perhaps best known playing the loud, oversized lineman Billy Bob in the 1999 film "Varsity Blues," has died of organ failure. He ...
Longtime Memphis sports broadcaster George Lapides dies

The Associated Press
Jun 18, 2016 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A funeral home says George Lapides, a longtime fixture in the Memphis sports scene as a newspaper reporter, broadcaster and team executive, has die...
Ronnie Claire Edwards, Corabeth on 'Waltons,' dies at 83

By LYNN ELBER
Jun 17, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ronnie Claire Edwards, who played grocer Ike Godsey's prickly wife, Corabeth, on "The Waltons," has died. She was 83. Edwards died at her Dallas home,...
Des Plaines police chief during Gacy investigation dies at 92

By Christopher Placek
Jun 17, 2016 1:00 am - Former Des Plaines Police Chief Lee Alfano, who led the department during the John Wayne Gacy investigation, died this week in Arizona, a friend said Friday. Alfano, 92,...
'I Know What You Did Last Summer' author Lois Duncan dies

By MORGAN LEE
Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Lois Duncan was perhaps best-known for her pioneering suspense novels that captivated more than one generation of young readers, including "I Know ...
Richard O. Linke, Andy Griffith's longtime manager, dies

The Associated Press
Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - Richard O. Linke, longtime personal manager for Andy Griffith and an associate producer of the TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 98. L...

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