Obituaries
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California winemaker Peter Mondavi fought to control winery
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...
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'Indiana Jones' cinematographer Douglas Slocombe dies at 103
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...
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Record-setting British pilot Eric 'Winkle' Brown dies at 97
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, ...
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University of Tulsa Hall of Famer Steve Harris dies at 52
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...
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Harper Lee leaves behind questions about her life and work
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...
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As novel 'Mockingbird' soared, author Lee grew more elusive
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...
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Umberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dead at 84
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...
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Steve Willard, who exercised superstar mare Zenyatta, dies
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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Harper Lee leaves behind questions about her life and work
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...
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Longtime Giant Jim Davenport dies at 82
Feb 19, 2016 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jim Davenport, a longtime third baseman for the San Francisco Giants who later managed the team and worked in the front office, has died. He was 82....