Obituaries
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Zippy Chippy, horse racing's lovable loser, dies at 31
Apr 16, 2022 7:00 am - Zippy Chippy, horse racing's lovable loser for never winning in 100 races, has died at the age of 31. The bay gelding was living at the Bobby Frankel Division of Old Fri...
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Mike Bossy, Islanders great, 4-time Cup champion, dies at 65
Apr 15, 2022 7:00 am - Mike Bossy flopped to the ice as the puck went in, then scrambled to his feet and leaped into the air to celebrate scoring another goal. It was a familiar sight as the N...
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Holocaust survivor, author Gerda Weissmann Klein dies at 97
Apr 15, 2022 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Gerda Weissmann Klein, a Holocaust survivor who wrote about her ordeal and went on to receive a presidential medal of freedom, will be remembered at a mem...
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Liz Sheridan, Jerry's doting mom on 'Seinfeld,' dies at 93
Apr 15, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Liz Sheridan, who played doting mom to Jerry Seinfeld on his hit sitcom, died early Friday. She was 93. Sheridan died in her sleep from natural causes...
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'Today we lost a legend': Bob Chinn, creator of the famous restaurant in Wheeling, dies at 99Apr 15, 2022 1:00 am - Bob Chinn, the creator of a longtime Restaurant Row anchor in Wheeling that has won local and national recognition as well as countless fans who've made it one of the hi...
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Former Colombia captain Rincón dies at 55 after car crash
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Freddy Rincón, a former captain of the Colombian national soccer team who played in three World Cups, has died after being injured in a car cras...
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Alex Gilady, Israeli Olympic Committee member, dies at 79
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Alex Gilady, an Israeli media pioneer and longtime International Olympic Committee member, has died. He was 79. Gilady was a former sport executive at ...
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IOC member Alex Gilady of Israel dies at 79
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Alex Gilady, an International Olympic Committee member from Israel who also previously served as a senior vice president of NBC Sports, has ...
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Letizia Battaglia, who shot life and death in Palermo, dies
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Letizia Battaglia, an Italian photographer who documented the arrests of Mafia bosses and the bodies of their victims, has died in her native Sicilian city o...
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Jack Newton, who lost a British Open playoff, dies at 72
Apr 14, 2022 7:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Jack Newton, who lost to Tom Watson in a 1975 British Open playoff and tied for second behind Seve Ballesteros at the 1980 Masters before his ...