Obituaries
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Frank Sinatra Jr. dies of cardiac arrest while on tour
Mar 17, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Frank Sinatra Jr., who carried on his famous father's legacy with his own music career and whose kidnapping as a young man added a bizarre chapter to ...
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TV magician Paul Daniels dies of a brain tumor. He was 77.
Mar 17, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Paul Daniels, best known for The Paul Daniels Magic Show that regularly attracted 15 million TV viewers in Britain and was sold to 43 countries, has died a...
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Israeli ex-Mossad spy chief Meir Dagan dies at 71
Mar 17, 2016 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Meir Dagan, a former Israeli general and longtime director of the country's spy agency, died on Thursday. He was 71. Dagan directed the Mossad from 2002...
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Emmy-winning 'L.A. Law' actor Larry Drake dies at 66
Mar 17, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Larry Drake, who earned back-to-back Emmy Awards for his sensitive portrayal of mentally challenged character Benny Stulwicz in "L.A. Law," has died. ...
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Thunderbirds show co-creator Sylvia Anderson dies at 88.
Mar 16, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Sylvia Anderson, the co-creator of the cult classic science fiction TV puppet show "Thunderbirds," has died at 88. Publicist Richard Leon said the writer a...
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13-year-old who moved for access to medical marijuana dies
Mar 15, 2016 7:00 am - AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) - A 13-year-old medical marijuana advocate who moved from Connecticut to Maine so she could access cannabis to treat a rare form of epilepsy has died...
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Booker Prize winning novelist Anita Brookner dies at 87
Mar 15, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Anita Brookner, a Booker Prize-winning novelist who explored the emotional undercurrents of quiet lives, has died at 87. A death notice in Tuesday's editio...
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Suburban Republican leader Serchuk dies at 81Mar 15, 2016 1:00 am - Life story Chuck Serchuk ~ 1935-2016 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent A longtime Elk Grove Township Highway Commissioner, who made a lasting impact on ...
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Nobel laureate Lloyd S. Shapley dies at 92 in Arizona
Mar 14, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lloyd S. Shapley, a researcher of strategic decision-making called "game theory" who shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics, has died at 92. The RAN...
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Peter Maxwell Davies, composer with royal ties, dies at 81
Mar 14, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Peter Maxwell Davies, an experimental, socially radical composer who served as Queen Elizabeth II's official master of music, has died. He was 81. Davies' ...