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Ex-Sen. Levin, Michigan's longest-serving senator, has died

By MIKE HOUSEHOLDER, COREY WILLIAMS and DAVID EGGERT
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his re...
Youth Olympics athlete dies after training accident in Cuba

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - HAVANA, Cuba (AP) - Youth Olympics hammer thrower Alegna Osorio has died from head injuries sustained in a training accident, the Cuban national sports institute said on...
Janice Mirikitani, poet, San Francisco church leader, dies

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Janice Mirikitani, a beloved San Francisco poet laureate who together with her husband ran the city's Glide Memorial Church, which caters to the poo...
Jean-Pierre Hocke, ex-head of UN refugee agency, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Jean-Pierre Hocke, a Swiss humanitarian official who headed the United Nations' refugee agency in the late 1980s, has died, the agency said Thursday. He wa...
Ron Popeil was the sizzle of American ingenuity, personified

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer
Jul 28, 2021 11:00 pm - Come, young ones: Gather around the glow of the smartphone's screen for a tale of a distant time when we watched TV on big boxy machines, and switched channels when we w...
Ron Popeil, inventor and king of TV pitchmen, dies at 86

By ANDREW DALTON and TED ANTHONY
Jul 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fis...
ZZ Top: Bearded bassist Dusty Hill dies in his sleep at 72

The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2021 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues trio's bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday on Facebook. He was 72. I...
Ron Popeil, inventor and king of TV pitchmen, dies at 86

By ANDREW DALTON and TED ANTHONY
Jul 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fis...
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dies in his sleep at 72

Associated Press
Jul 28, 2021 1:00 am - HOUSTON - ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trio's bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. He was 72. In their Fac...
Obituary: Juliana D. Bolsinger, 101, of Northbrook

Jul 28, 2021 1:00 am - Juliana D. Bolsinger, nee Albracht, 101, of Northbrook, passed away surrounded by her family on July 22, 2021. Beloved wife of the late Joseph L. Bolsinger; loving moth...

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