Obituaries
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'Everybody Loves Raymond' star Doris Roberts dies at 90
Apr 18, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Everybody loved Doris Roberts. The spunky actress who played the tart-tongued, endlessly meddling mother on CBS' "Everybody Loves Raymond" received an...
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Hurricane forecast pioneer Bill Gray dead at age 86
Apr 16, 2016 7:00 am - FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Bill Gray, a pioneer in hurricane forecasting, died Saturday in Fort Collins, according to his longtime assistant. He was 86. Phil Klotzbach s...
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Appellate court judge dies after battle with cancerApr 16, 2016 1:00 am - Illinois Appellate Court Judge Laura Cha-Yu Liu died Friday after a long battle with breast cancer at age 49. The first Chinese-American woman to be elected judge in Ill...
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Fred Hayman, stylish godfather of Rodeo Drive, dies at 90
Apr 15, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fred Hayman, the dapper entrepreneur whose vision transformed a nondescript Southern California street into one of the world's pre-eminent fashion dis...
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Mali photographer who captured Bamako '60s culture dies
Apr 15, 2016 7:00 am - BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Malian photographer Malick Sidibe, whose black-and-white images captured popular culture in 1960s Bamako, has died, his son said Friday. Sidibe was 8...
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London subway 'Mind the Gap' announcer Phil Sayer dies at 62
Apr 15, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Millions know his voice. Few knew his name. Phil Sayer, whose warning to "mind the gap" is heard every day on the London Underground, has died at the age o...
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Founder of specialty food retailer Hickory Farms dies at 96
Apr 14, 2016 7:00 am - TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - An Ohio businessman who started specialty food company Hickory Farms that sells sausage sticks and cheese trays has died. Richard Ransom was 96. The ...
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Anne Jackson, actress and wife of Eli Wallach, dies at 90
Apr 14, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Anne Jackson, a Tony Award-nominated theater actress who often appeared onstage with her husband, Eli Wallach, in comedies and classics, died early Tuesd...
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Montana bear expert, advocate Chuck Jonkel dies at 85
Apr 14, 2016 7:00 am - MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Pioneering bear researcher and advocate Charles "Chuck" Jonkel died of natural causes at a Montana nursing home, his son Jamie Jonkel said. Chuck ...
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Fred Hayman, stylish godfather of Rodeo Drive, dies at 90
Apr 14, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fred Hayman, the dapper entrepreneur whose vision transformed a nondescript Southern California street into one of the world's pre-eminent fashion dis...