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Meat Loaf, 'Bat out of Hell' rock superstar, dies at 74

By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press
Jan 21, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Meat Loaf, the heavyweight rock superstar loved by millions for his "Bat Out of Hell" album and for such theatrical, dark-hearted anthems as "Paradise By the ...
German actor Hardy Kruger, star of adventure movies, dies

By FRANK JORDANS
Jan 20, 2022 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hardy Kruger, considered one of post-war Germany's best actors, has died. He was 93. His Hamburg-based literary agent, Peter Kaefferlein, said Thursday tha...
Former West Virginia athletic director Byrd dies at 94

The Associated Press
Jan 20, 2022 6:00 am - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) - Leland E. Byrd, a former athletic director at West Virginia and the Mountaineers' first 1,000-point scorer in basketball, has died, the universi...
Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares dies at 91

The Associated Press
Jan 20, 2022 6:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian samba singer Elza Soares died in her Rio de Janeiro home on Thursday afternoon, family members said on the artist's official Instagram ac...
Singer Fred Parris of the Five Satins dead at age 85

The Associated Press
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fred Parris, the lead singer of the 1950s harmony group the Five Satins and composer of the classic doo-wop ballad 'œIn the Still of the Night,'ť has die...
Yvette Mimieux, '60s starlet of 'Time Machine,' dies at 80

By JAKE COYLE
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Yvette Mimieux, the blond and blue-eyed 1960s film star of 'œWhere the Boys Are,'ť "The Time Machine" and 'œLight in the Piazza,'ť has died. She was 80. ...
Legislator dies using medical suicide law he helped pass

By LISA RATHKE
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - A former Vermont legislator and House majority leader has died with the help of a law he himself helped pass that allows the terminally ill to end their own lives, his w...
Pioneering fashion journalist AndrÃ© Leon Talley dies at 73

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - AndrÃ© Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry...
'Dixie' DÃ¶rner, the 'Beckenbauer of the East,' dies at 70

By CIARÃN FAHEY
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hans-JÃ¼rgen 'œDixie'ť DÃ¶rner, one of East Germany and Dynamo Dresden's greatest soccer players who was called the 'œBeckenbauer of the East,'ť has died. ...
Women's basketball pioneer Lusia Harris dies at 66

By DOUG FEINBERG
Jan 18, 2022 6:00 am - Lusia Harris, who became the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, ...

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