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Chuck Williams, founder of Williams-Sonoma, dies at 100

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Dec 05, 2015 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Chuck Williams, who founded the Williams-Sonoma empire and ushered in an era of aspirational culinary retailing, has died. He was 100. The retailer ...
Literary editor-agent Timothy Seldes is dead at 88

The Associated Press
Dec 05, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Timothy Seldes, an editor and literary agent who worked with Anne Tyler and Richard Wright among others and was a member of a prominent journalistic and ...
Scottish crime author William McIlvanney dies at 79

The Associated Press
Dec 05, 2015 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Scottish writer William McIlvanney, best known for his detective novel "Laidlaw" - called the first book of "Tartan Noir" by some - has died at 79. His age...
Ex-drug kingpin who had a recurring role on 'The Wire' dies

The Associated Press
Dec 04, 2015 6:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - A former West Baltimore drug kingpin who had a recurring role on the television show "The Wire" has died. The Baltimore Sun (http://bsun.md/1MZ5l2K) rep...
Ex-Stone Temple Pilots frontman Weiland dead at 48

By AMY FORLITI and MESFIN FEKADU
Dec 04, 2015 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - Scott Weiland, the magnetic former frontman of the Stone Temple Pilots whose three-decade career in music also included solo albums and a spot ...
The Latest: STP bandmates react to Weiland's death

The Associated Press
Dec 04, 2015 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Minn. (AP) - The latest in the death of Scott Weiland, the magnetic former frontman of the Stone Temple Pilots (all times local): 4:30 p.m. Scott Weiland's ...
Robert Loggia, movie and TV tough guy, dies at 85

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 04, 2015 6:00 am - Oscar-nominated actor Robert Loggia, who was known for gravelly voiced gangsters from "Scarface" to "The Sopranos" but who was most endearing as Tom Hanks' kid-at-heart ...
Champion horse Shared Belief dies after bout with colic

The Associated Press
Dec 03, 2015 6:00 am - ALBANY, Calif. (AP) - Shared Belief, the champion 2-year-old male in an undefeated in 2013 season, was euthanized Thursday after a brief bout with colic. Sports talk hos...
Sandy Berger, ex-Clinton national security adviser, dies

By KEN DILANIAN
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former national security adviser Sandy Berger, who helped craft President Bill Clinton's foreign policy and got in trouble over destroying classified d...
Cynthia Robinson of Sly and the Family Stone dead at 71

By OSCAR WELLS GABRIEL II
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Cynthia Robinson, a trumpeter and vocalist whose bold and brassy style made her a key member of Sly and the Family Stone, has died at age 71. Jerry Mar...

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