Obituaries
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Powerful Saudi Arabia King Abdullah dies at age 90Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who fought against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom...
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Saudi King Abdullah has died, Prince Salman successorJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who fought al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, includ...
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Chief of Rogers Police Department succumbs to cancerJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - ROGERS, Ark. (AP) - The chief of the Rogers Police Department has died after a long struggle with cancer. Rogers Chief of Police James H. Allen died Thursday morning. Hi...
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Liberal theologian Marcus Borg dead at 72Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Marcus J. Borg, a prominent liberal theologian who attracted praise and controversy by helping to lead efforts to analyze Jesus as a historical figure, h...
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Legendary Chapel Hill clothier Milton Julian dies at age 96Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Milton Julian, whose clothing store was a Chapel Hill landmark for more than 40 years, has died at age 96. Bruce Julian said his father, the unc...
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Las Vegas producer and Johnny Carson manager Stan Irwin diesJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stan Irwin, a Las Vegas producer and manager for such celebrities as Johnny Carson, has died at age 94. Irwin's friend and business partner George Mic...
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Wendell Ford, ex-Kentucky governor, US senator, dies at 90Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. and Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford, an unapologetic smoker whose unfiltered chats and speeches endeared him to voters in a state that ...
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Author John Bayley, husband of Iris Murdoch, dies at 89Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Author John Bayley, known for his moving memoir of life with his late wife Iris Murdoch, has died of a heart ailment. He was 89. His editor Robert Weil sai...
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Former North Dakota state lawmaker Donald Clark diesJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former North Dakota state lawmaker Donald Clark has died. Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the former Fargo legislator died Wednesday. Dalrymple called Cla...
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Shoe designer Vince Camuto, Nine West co-founder, dies at 78Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - Legendary women's footwear designer Vince Camuto, who co-founded shoe company Nine West Group, has died in Connecticut at age 78. Camuto died Wednesday at his home in Gr...