Obituaries
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Fans mourn death of reclusive Japanese star Setsuko Hara
Dec 02, 2015 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Precisely in keeping with her zeal for privacy, news of actress Setsuko Hara's death on Sept. 5 was kept quiet until recently. The star of director Yasujiro...
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Former Sul Ross State volleyball coach Lynn dies at 86
Dec 01, 2015 6:00 am - ALPINE, Texas (AP) - Billie Lynn, a former national champion volleyball coach at Sul Ross State, has died in New Mexico following a lengthy illness. The school in Alpine...
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Russian film director Eldar Ryazanov dies at 88
Nov 30, 2015 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Eldar Ryazanov, a filmmaker who satirized and romanticized the life of ordinary Russians in his immensely popular comedies for almost six decades, died on ...
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Pioneering Aussie footballer Joe Marston dies at 89
Nov 29, 2015 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Joe Marston, who was the first Australian to play in an FA Cup final, has died at the age of 89, Football Federation Australia said. The cause was not spec...
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Luc Bondy, Swiss opera, theater director, dies at 67
Nov 29, 2015 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Luc Bondy, a Swiss opera, theater and film director who staged productions on renowned stages across Europe and the United States, has died. He was 67. The...
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Gerry Byrne, ex-Liverpool defender, dies at 77
Nov 28, 2015 6:00 am - LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Gerry Byrne, the former Liverpool defender who played an FA Cup final with a broken collarbone, has died. He was 77. Liverpool announced Byrne'...
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UN: Maurice Strong, climate and development pioneer, dies
Nov 28, 2015 6:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Maurice Strong, whose work helped lead to the landmark climate summit that begins in Paris on Monday, has died at age 86, the head of the U.N.'s environme...
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Noted oceanographer John Knauss dies at 90
Nov 26, 2015 6:00 am - NARRAGANSETT, R.I. (AP) - A former administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration whose work is credited with highlighting the fragility of the wor...
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Guy V. Lewis, coach of Phi Slama Jama teams, dies at 93
Nov 26, 2015 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Former University of Houston men's basketball coach Guy V. Lewis, best known for leading the Phi Slama Jama teams of the 1980s, has died. He was 93. He di...
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Veteran soap actor David Canary dies at age 77
Nov 25, 2015 6:00 am - WILTON, Conn. (AP) - Longtime soap opera actor David Canary, best known for his role as twin brothers on "All My Children," has died at age 77. Canary died of natural ca...