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'Casablanca' actress Madeleine LeBeau dies at 92

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and LINDSEY BAHR
May 15, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - French actress Madeleine LeBeau, best known for her small but impactful role in "Casablanca" as Rick's pushed aside girlfriend Yvonne who passionately sings ...
Singer Julius La Rosa, fired on Godfrey show, dies at 86

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
May 15, 2016 7:00 am - Julius La Rosa, a pop singer known for hits including "Eh, Cumpari," whose firing live on the air by Arthur Godfrey in 1953 overshadowed his successes that followed, has...
Former big league pitcher Sammy Ellis dies at 75

The Associated Press
May 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former major league pitcher Sammy Ellis, who became an All-Star with the Cincinnati Reds in 1965, has died. He was 75. The funeral home handling the arra...
Scooter, briefly the world's oldest living cat, dead at 30

The Associated Press
May 14, 2016 7:00 am - MANSFIELD, Texas (AP) - A Siamese cat recently cited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's oldest living cat did not live to enjoy the title. Scooter mark...
Comic book artist Darwyn Cooke dies at 53

By DERRIK J. LANG
May 14, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Darwyn Cooke, the comic book artist best known for his vibrantly imaginative work on DC superheroes and noir crime stories, has died. He was 53. Cooke...
"Geek Love" author Katherine Dunn dead at 70

The Associated Press
May 13, 2016 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Writer Katherine Dunn, who was famous for her novel "Geek Love," died at her Portland, Oregon home Wednesday. She was 70. Dunn died Wednesday of co...
Teen football player whose injury raised safety efforts dies

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
May 12, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Donnovan Hill, the California teenager whose paralyzing football injury led to increased safety protections for young players after he sued a youth le...
Polanski producer and Holocaust survivor Gene Gutowski dies

By VANESSA GERA
May 11, 2016 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Gene Gutowski, a Polish-American Holocaust survivor who was the producer of three films by director Roman Polanski in the 1960s and reunited with h...
Rex Hughes, former college and NBA coach, dies at 77

The Associated Press
May 10, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rex Hughes, who coached collegiately at Kent State, Southern California and UNLV in addition to the NBA, has died. He was 77. USC said Tuesday that Hu...
Former airport chairman had passion for aviation, teaching others to fly

By Erin Hegarty
May 10, 2016 1:00 am - E. Allan Englehardt had a passion not only for flying, but also for teaching others how to fly. He piloted planes with United Airlines for 38 years and worked as a fligh...

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