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Ex-Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon dies

By JOHN MARSHALL
Dec 28, 2015 6:00 am - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Meadowlark Lemon, the "clown prince" of basketball's barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humor brought joy to milli...
Longtime New Mexico newspaper publisher Tom Lang dies

The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2015 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Thompson H. Lang, who published New Mexico's largest newspaper for more than four decades, has died. He was 69. The Albuquerque Journal won a Pu...
Jim O'Toole, Reds 1960s star pitcher, dies at 78

By DAN SEWELL
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - Jim O'Toole, a star pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1960s, has died after a long battle with cancer. O'Toole was 78. The team said O'Toole died ...
Oscar winning cameraman Haskell Wexler dies at 93

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Haskell Wexler, one of Hollywood's most famous and honored cinematographers and one whose innovative approach helped him win Oscars for "Who's Afraid ...
Robert Spitzer, 'most influential psychiatrist,' dies at 83

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Dr. Robert Spitzer - a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexua...
St. Louis sportswriter Joe Strauss dies at age 54

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Joe Strauss, a sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who covered baseball for nearly three decades, has died. He was 54. Post-Dispatch sports...
Bobby Dews, longtime Braves coach, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Bobby Dews, the former Atlanta coach who spent the final 37 of his 53 years in baseball with the Braves' organization, has died. He was 76. The Braves sai...
Gladys Knight and the Pips member William Guest dies at 74

By DERRIK J. LANG
Dec 26, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - William Guest, a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, has died. He was 74. Guest's sister-in-law, Dhyana Ziegler, said he died Thursday in Detroit of...
'Logan's Run' co-author George Clayton Johnson dead at 86

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 25, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - George Clayton Johnson, the legendary science-fiction writer who authored the first "Star Trek" television episode and several classic stories for the...
Northwest suburbs' 'Mr. Tennis' dies at 86

Dec 24, 2015 11:30 am - Life story Mel Timmons ~ 1929-2015 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent One of the biggest promoters of tennis in the Northwest suburbs has died. Mel Timmo...

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