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Barry Schweid, legendary AP correspondent, dies at 83

By HARRY DUNPHY
Dec 10, 2015 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Barry Schweid, the legendary Associated Press diplomatic correspondent who reported and analyzed events from around the world over a career spanning 56...
Bonnie Lou, pioneering country and rock singer dies at 91

The Associated Press
Dec 09, 2015 6:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - Bonnie Lou, a pioneering country music artist and rock 'n' roll singer and who later became a TV host, has died. She was 91. Her husband, Milton Okum, ...
North Face co-founder Tompkins dies in Chile accident

By EVA VERGARA and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Dec 09, 2015 6:00 am - SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Douglas Tompkins, the co-founder of The North Face and Esprit clothing companies who bought up large swaths of land in South America's Patagonia r...
Longtime Treasurer "Red" Anderson remembered as a man of the people

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 09, 2015 12:00 am - When he announced in 1997 he would not seek a sixth term in office, then-Lake County Treasurer, Jack "Red" Anderson was straightforward. "Next year I'll be 63 and I've ...
Tibor Rubin, Medal of Honor recipient, dies in California

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2015 6:00 am - GARDEN GROVE, Calif. (AP) - Tibor Rubin, a Hungarian-born concentration camp survivor who joined the U.S. Army out of gratitude for his liberators, fought heroically in ...
American Indian activist, poet John Trudell dies at 69

By ROBERT JABLON
Dec 08, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Trudell, who was a spokesman for American Indian protesters during their 1969 occupation of Alcatraz Island and later headed the American Indian ...
Martin E. Brooks of 'Six Million Dollar Man' dies at 90

By LYNN ELBER
Dec 07, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Martin E. Brooks, whose acting career stretched from Broadway dramas to TV series including "The Six Million Dollar Man" and "Dallas," died Monday. He...
Transgender actress, Warhol muse Holly Woodlawn dies at 69

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Holly Woodlawn, the transgender actress made famous by Andy Warhol and Paul Morrissey in their 1970s films "Trash" and "Women in Revolt," has died. Wo...
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 ...

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