Obituaries
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Notable deaths in the entertainment world in 2021Dec 27, 2021 12:00 am - January Jan. 4: actress Tanya Roberts, "Charlie's Angels," "That '70s Show," age 65; actor Gregory Sierra, "Barney Miller," age 83 Jan. 7: filmmaker Michael Apted, ...
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'He-Man' artist and toy designer T. Mark Taylor dies at 80
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - T. Mark Taylor, artist and toy designer for the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise as well as the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, died Thu...
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Former Greek President Karolos Papoulias dies at 92
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Karolos Papoulias, a former president of Greece has died at the age of 92, Greece's state news agency ANA reports. Papoulias, a longtime socialist ...
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Desmond Tutu, South Africa's moral conscience, dies at 90
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Desmond Tutu, South Africa's Nobel Peace Prize-winning icon, an uncompromising foe of apartheid and a modern-day activist for racial justice and LGBT...
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Martha Earnhardt, matriarch of racing family, dies at 91
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) - Martha Earnhardt, the matriarch of one of NASCAR's best-known families, has died. She was 91. Grandchildren Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhar...
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Harvey Evans, actor in Broadway's golden years, dies at 80
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Evans, an actor, singer and dancer who had a knack for landing roles in the original Broadway productions of such classics as 'œWest Side Story,'ť...
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UN chief calls Desmond Tutu 'an inspiration to generations'
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Reactions to the death Sunday of Nobel Peace Prize laureate and former Archbishop of Cape Town Desmond Tutu: 'œArchbishop Tutu was a towering global ...
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Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush colors and textures, dies
Dec 26, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose luscious, colorful paintings of cakes and San Francisco cityscapes combined sensuousness, nostalgia and a hint of melanch...
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Rudy Malnati Jr., member of pizza dynasty, director of Air and Water Show, dead at 65
Dec 26, 2021 12:00 am - Rudy Malnati Jr.'s last name is recognizable to any pizza-loving Chicagoan. His father, Rudy Malnati Sr., became a pizza authority while working at Pizzeria Uno, which c...
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Influential Bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe has died
Dec 25, 2021 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Grammy-winning bluegrass musician J.D. Crowe, whose influential career spanned more than 50 years, has died. He was 84. His son, David, confirmed...