Obituaries
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Economist who pulled Albania out of 1997 anarchy dead at 58
Mar 29, 2021 7:00 am - TIRANA, Albania (AP) - Bashkim Fino, who was appointed to shepherd Albania out of almost total chaos when fraudulent investment schemes collapsed 24 years ago and angry ...
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Obama family matriarch has died in a Kenyan hospital at 99
Mar 29, 2021 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Sarah Obama, the matriarch of former U.S. President Barack Obama's Kenyan family has died, relatives and officials confirmed Monday. She was at lea...
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San Francisco 'dope lawyer' to the stars Brian Rohan dies
Mar 29, 2021 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Brian Rohan, who was known as San Francisco's 'œdope lawyer'ť for 1960s counterculture clients like the Grateful Dead and Ken Kesey, has died, accor...
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Howard Schnellenberger, 87, Miami, Louisville coach, dies
Mar 27, 2021 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Howard Schnellenberger was a pipe smoker with a push-broom mustache and gruff baritone, and he paired his grandiloquent manner with grandiose visions for fo...
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Bobby Brown, 96, a life of Yankees, military, medicine, dies
Mar 26, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - At the very first Old-Timers' Day at Yankee Stadium, on the final day of the 1947 season, 22-year-old rookie Bobby Brown watched wide-eyed from the dugou...
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Beloved children's author Beverly Cleary dies at 104
Mar 26, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Beverly Cleary, the celebrated children's author whose memories of her Oregon childhood were shared with millions through the likes of Ramona and Beezus ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning author Larry McMurtry dies at 84
Mar 26, 2021 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning 'œLonesome Dove'ť and returned...
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Cunningham, who boosted Cards at bat and as exec, dies at 89
Mar 26, 2021 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Joe Cunningham, who got off to a smashing start with the St. Louis Cardinals and later became a minor league manager, major league coach, key figure in ...
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Jim O'Donnell: A grateful goodbye - Stan Albeck, Michael Jordan and the telling lookMar 26, 2021 1:00 am - STAN ALBECK WAS the head coach of the Bulls for a solitary season - 1985-86. It was Michael Jordan's second year with the team. Albeck had the extreme misfortune to have...
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Acclaimed French director Bertrand Tavernier dies at age 79
Mar 25, 2021 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French filmmaker Bertrand Tavernier, who directed acclaimed movies such 'œA Sunday in the Country,'ť 'œCaptain Conan'ť and 'œThe Judge and the Assassin,'ť h...