Obituaries
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Former Washington basketball star Christian Welp dies at 51Feb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - Christian Welp, the 7-foot German center who holds the University of Washington's career scoring record and played three seasons in the NBA, has died. He ...
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Former college baseball coach Gordie Gillespie dies at 88Feb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - Gordie Gillespie, one of the winningest coaches in college baseball history who also had success coaching football and basketball, has died. He was 8...
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Major league baseball's 1st black Latino star Minoso diesFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - When Minnie Minoso broke into major league baseball, the "Cuban Comet" was part of a wave of black players who changed the game forever. By the time he pl...
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Duquesne University football player from Florida kills selfFeb 28, 2015 10:00 pm - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A Duquesne University football player who also played for the University of Florida has killed himself. The Allegheny County medical examiner's office ...
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Notable deaths last weekFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - • In 1975, Leonard Nimoy published an autobiography with the defiant title, "I Am Not Spock" - an attempt to show the world he had many more facets than the pointy-eared...
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Knicks say former player Anthony Mason, 48, has diedFeb 28, 2015 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Anthony Mason, the rugged power forward who was a defensive force in the NBA from the 1990s into the early 21st century, has died. He was 48. The Knicks confi...
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One of Turkey's best-known novelists, Yasar Kemal, diesFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - ANKARA, Turkey (AP) - Yasar Kemal, one of Turkey's best-known novelists whose focus on social injustices brought him into conflict with authority, died in Istanbul on Sa...
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Anthony Mason, rugged forward of 1990s Knicks, dies at 48Feb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Anthony Mason's game was grit over glitz, more force than flash. That might not fit some stereotypes of New York, but it was the perfect style for the Kn...
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Spock's ears: A pointy trademark for Leonard NimoyFeb 27, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonard Nimoy, who died Friday at age 83, likely had the most famous lobes in Hollywood. As the logical half-human, half-alien Mr. Spock in "Star Trek...
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'Star Trek' actor, Leonard Nimoy, dead at 83Feb 27, 2015 10:00 am - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Leonard Nimoy, the actor known and loved by generations of “Star Trek” fans as the pointy-eared, purely logical science officer Mr. Spock,...