Obituaries
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Manager: Joey Feek, of country duo Joey + Rory, dies at 40
Mar 04, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Joey Feek, who with her husband, Rory, formed the award-winning country duo Joey + Rory, died Friday, her manager said. Feek, who had been diagno...
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Bud Collins, US voice of tennis in print and on TV, has died
Mar 04, 2016 6:00 am - Bud Collins, the tennis historian and American voice of the sport in print and on TV for decades, has died. He was 86. His wife, Anita Ruthling Klaussen, said in a telep...
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Tony Dyson, who made beloved robot R2-D2, dies in Malta
Mar 04, 2016 6:00 am - VALLETTA, Malta (AP) - Tony Dyson, who built the beloved, beeping Star Wars robot R2-D2, has died at his home in Malta, police said Friday. He was 68. Dyson's body was d...
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Singer Gayle McCormick dies; had top-10 hits in 1969, 1971
Mar 04, 2016 6:00 am - ST. ANN, Mo. (AP) - Gayle McCormick, the lead singer of the group Smith, which recorded the 1969 top-10 song "Baby, It's You," has died in suburban St. Louis. McCormick ...
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Former president of District 59 board 'provided dynamic leadership'Mar 04, 2016 12:00 am - A former president of the Elk Grove Township Elementary District 59 school board, who served four terms and provided leadership during uncertain times, has died. Mary Kr...
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Social media's 4-month-old Bernie Sanders lookalike has died
Mar 03, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bernie Baby, the cheerful infant who won the affections of people of all political stripes after his mom posted photos on social media of him greeting...
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Pioneering Oklahoma energy CEO dies in fiery car crash
Mar 03, 2016 6:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Energy tycoon Aubrey McClendon earned a reputation as a pioneer, backing new drilling technology, building Chesapeake Energy into one of the nation'...
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Longtime St. Petersburg Times columnist Mizell dies at 76
Mar 03, 2016 6:00 am - GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - Hubert Mizell's home office was a sports museum, with pictures of famous athletes hanging on the walls and mementos from a storied career spanni...
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Latest: Thunder, NBA mourn death of McClendon
Mar 02, 2016 6:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Latest on former Chesapeake Energy Chief Executive Officer Aubrey McClendon, who was killed in a car crash one day after he was indicted by a fe...
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Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe dead at 53
Mar 02, 2016 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Martin Crowe, a cricketer of prodigious talent who made batting appear effortless while secretly struggling with the burden of being a wor...