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Country singer Sonny James dies at age 87

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Feb 23, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country singer Sonny James, who recorded romantic ballads like "Young Love" and turned pop songs into country hits, has died. He was 87. James, w...
California winemaker Peter Mondavi fought to control winery

By KRISTIN J. BENDER and MICHELLE LOCKE
Feb 23, 2016 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As a boy, Peter Mondavi got his start in the California wine business by nailing boxes for his father's grape-shipping business. In the decades that...
California winemaker Peter Mondavi fought to control winery

By KRISTIN J. BENDER and MICHELLE LOCKE
Feb 22, 2016 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - As a boy, Peter Mondavi got his start in the California wine business by nailing boxes for his father's grape-shipping business. In the decades that...
'Indiana Jones' cinematographer Douglas Slocombe dies at 103

By JAKE COYLE
Feb 22, 2016 6:00 am - Douglas Slocombe, the chameleonic British cinematographer who filmed the Nazi invasion of Poland, the adventures of "Indiana Jones" and the madcap farce of Ealing comedi...
Record-setting British pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown dies at 97

By JILL LAWLESS
Feb 22, 2016 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Eric "Winkle" Brown, a British pilot who flew more kinds of aircraft than anyone in history and was the first person to land a jet on an aircraft carrier, ...
University of Tulsa Hall of Famer Steve Harris dies at 52

The Associated Press
Feb 22, 2016 6:00 am - TULSA, Okla. (AP) - The University of Tulsa says TU Hall of Fame basketball player Steve Harris has died. The school says Harris died Monday after a lengthy illness. Har...
Harper Lee leaves behind questions about her life and work

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harper Lee has died, but the conversation about her life and work has only begun. "I think the retrospective will be more useful than what was said durin...
As novel 'Mockingbird' soared, author Lee grew more elusive

By KENDAL WEAVER
Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - Harper Lee was an ordinary woman as stunned as anybody by the extraordinary success of "To Kill a Mockingbird." "It was like being hit over the head and knocked cold," L...
Umberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dead at 84

By COLLEEN BARRY
Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Umberto Eco catapulted to global literary fame three decades ago with "The Name of the Rose," a novel in which professorial erudition underpinned a medieval...
Steve Willard, who exercised superstar mare Zenyatta, dies

By BETH HARRIS
Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Steve Willard, a former jockey who worked as the exercise rider for superstar mare Zenyatta, has died. He was 72. Trainer Richard Mandella said Sa...

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