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GOP donor, investor, philanthropist Foster Friess dies at 81

By MEAD GRUVER
May 27, 2021 7:00 am - CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Republican political donor, investor and philanthropist Foster Friess died Thursday. He was 81. A multimillionaire who lived in Jackson Hole, Wyomi...
Photojournalist, gay rights pioneer Kay Lahusen dies at 91

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM
May 27, 2021 7:00 am - Kay Lahusen, a pioneering gay rights activist who chronicled the movement's earliest days through her photography and writing, has died. She was 91. Known as the first o...
Atlanta philanthropist, businessman A.D. Correll dies at 80

By JEFF MARTIN
May 27, 2021 7:00 am - MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) - Atlanta philanthropist and businessman A.D. 'œPete'ť Correll, known for leading one of Georgia's biggest companies and helping to save Atlanta's pub...
John Warner met Liz Taylor at dinner -- with Queen Elizabeth

By The Associated Press
May 26, 2021 7:00 am - John Warner served for 30 years in the U.S. Senate, much of it as chairman of the powerful Armed Services Committee, and as a centrist Republican he established himself ...
John Warner dies; former GOP senator was military expert

By EILEEN PUTMAN
May 26, 2021 7:00 am - ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - Former Sen. John W. Warner of Virginia, a courtly figure and longtime military expert whose marriage to Elizabeth Taylor gave him a potent dash of...
'Chicka Chicka Boom Boom' illustrator Lois Ehlert dies at 86

The Associated Press
May 26, 2021 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Lois Ehlert, whose cut-and-paste shapes and vibrant hues in books including 'œChicka Chicka Boom Boom'ť put her among the most popular illustrators of b...
'The Very Hungry Caterpillar' author Eric Carle dies at 91

By MARK KENNEDY
May 26, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Eric Carle, the beloved children's author and illustrator whose classic 'œThe Very Hungry Caterpillar'ť and other works gave millions of kids some of the...
Dan Frank, revered editor at Pantheon Books, dead at 67

The Associated Press
May 24, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dan Frank, a revered and longtime editor at Pantheon Books who worked with such prize-winning authors as Cormac McCarthy, Oliver Sacks and Jill Lepore, d...
Max Mosley, racing boss who took on UK tabloids, dies at 81

By STEVE DOUGLAS and JILL LAWLESS
May 24, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Max Mosley, who shook off the stigma of his family's links to fascism to become international motorsport's top administrator and later made a stand as a pr...
China's Yuan Longping dies; rice research helped feed world

By HUIZHONG WU
May 23, 2021 7:00 am - TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Yuan Longping, a Chinese scientist who developed higher-yield rice varieties that helped feed people around the world, died Saturday at a hospital ...

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