Obituaries
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'Coronation Street' star Anne Kirkbride dies at 60Jan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Actress Anne Kirkbride, a star of British soap opera "Coronation Street" for more than 40 years, has died at the age of 60. Network ITV says Kirkbride, who...
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Ex-Salvador ambassador, critic of US foreign policy, diesJan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Robert E. White, a former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador and strong critic of U.S. policy in the region during the Central American wars, has died at ...
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Chicano movement leader Reies Lopez Tijerina dies at 88Jan 18, 2015 10:00 pm - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Reies Lopez Tijerina, a Pentecostal preacher turned activist who led a violent raid of a northern New Mexico courthouse nearly 50 years ago, die...
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Tony Verna, inventor of TV instant replay, dies at 81Jan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Tony Verna, a television director and producer who invented instant replay for live sports 51 years ago, has died. He was 81. Verna died Sunda...
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Former entertainment executive Alan Hirschfield dies at 79Jan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alan Hirschfield, a former entertainment executive who helped make the 1970s movies "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" and "Taxi Driver," has died. ...
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A$AP Yams, member of rap collective A$AP Mob, diesJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - A member of the New York-based rap collective that includes A$AP Rocky and A$AP Ferg has died. RCA Records and Polo Grounds Music confirmed the death of ...
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Thousands mourn passing of Egyptian film star Faten HamamaJan 17, 2015 10:00 pm - CAIRO (AP) - Thousands of mourners gathered at a mosque outside Cairo on Sunday for the funeral of actress Faten Hamama, a pillar of Middle Eastern cinema who died a day...
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Notable deaths last weekJan 17, 2015 12:01 am - • Clarence E. Huntley Jr. and Joseph Shambrey grew up running track together in the same Los Angeles neighborhood in the 1930s. When World War II broke out, they enliste...
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2015 Humanitarian Award given to Elgin councilman who diedJan 17, 2015 12:01 am - Longtime Elgin City Council member Robert Gilliam was given the 2015 Humanitarian Award posthumously at Saturday's Elgin prayer breakfast at Elgin Community College. Gil...
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Former Utah House Speaker Rebecca Lockhart dies at 46Jan 16, 2015 10:00 pm - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Rebecca "Becky" Lockhart, the first female speaker in the history of the Utah House of Representatives, has died of a rare brain disease. She was 4...