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Garry Shandling dies at 66; fellow comedians laud his genius

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Mar 25, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - While Garry Shandling's fellow comedians fought to host a late-night show, he brushed away the prospect. "I would not do a show where you just sit and...
Earl Hamner Jr., creator of "Waltons" TV show, dies at 92

By JOHN C. ROGERS
Mar 25, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Earl Hamner Jr., the versatile and prolific writer who drew upon his Depression-era upbringing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to create one o...
David Smyrl, Mr. Handford on 'Sesame Street,' dead at 80

The Associated Press
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - David Smyrl, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his role as Mr. Handford, the retired firefighter who ran Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street," has d...
Reaction to the death of comedian Garry Shandling

By The Associated Press
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - Some celebrity reaction to the death of comedian/actor Garry Shandling: "Garry was a guiding voice of comedy. He set the standard and we're all still trying to meet it. ...
Man who predicted space shuttle Challenger disaster dies

By HALLIE GOLDEN
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Bob Ebeling spent three decades filled with guilt over not stopping the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but found relief in the weeks be...
Garry Shandling, comic, 'Larry Sanders Show' creator, dies

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Garry Shandling, who as an actor and comedian masterminded a brand of self-inflicted phony docudrama with "The Larry Sanders Show," has died of an app...
Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff dies at age 68

By RAF CASERT and MIKE CORDER
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - Johan Cruyff, a soccer star who brought a smile to the face of anyone who watched him play, died Thursday, aged 68. Family spokeswoman Carole Thate told The Associated P...
A look at how Dutch soccer great Cruyff changed football

By JEROME PUGMIRE
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Johan Cruyff, who has died at the age of 68, was a visionary, one whose influence on football left a legacy that endures. Here is a look at how Cruyff achie...
Tributes following the death of soccer great Johan Cruyff

By The Associated Press
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - Tributes to Dutch soccer great Johan Cruyff, who died Thursday at the age of 68 as a result of lung cancer: ___ "He was a genius and now we are missing this genius" - fo...
Actor Ken Howard, TV actor and acting union leader, dies

By The Associated Press
Mar 23, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ken Howard, the strapping character actor who starred in the 1970s TV drama "The White Shadow" and was currently serving as president of SAG-AFTRA, ha...

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