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Joe Allen, whose bistro was a Broadway draw, dies at 87

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Allen, whose Times Square-adjacent bistro which bears his name has been a decadeslong draw for theater folk and where a post-show drink is part of th...
Texas GOP Rep. Wright, who battled health issues, dies at 67

By PAUL J. WEBER
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas, who had lung cancer and was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, has died, his office s...
Karen Lewis, former head of Chicago Teachers Union, dies

By Stefano Esposito Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 08, 2021 12:00 am - Karen Lewis, the charismatic former head of the Chicago Teachers Union, has died, her spokeswoman confirmed, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. She was 67. Lewis had co...
George Shultz wasn't 'afraid to struggle against the odds'

By MATTHEW LEE
Feb 07, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Time was running out when Secretary of State George P. Shultz returned home in April 1988 after flying 16,000 miles in a failed mission to persuade Ara...
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks dies at 67

By TIM DAHLBERG
Feb 07, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, h...
Longtime Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz dies at 100

By MATTHEW LEE
Feb 07, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War...
Christopher Plummer got a third act worth singing about

By LINDSEY BAHR
Feb 06, 2021 6:00 am - It's one of the great Hollywood ironies that Christopher Plummer didn't like the film that made him a legend. He was an actor's actor and had cut his teeth doing Shakesp...
Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh dies at 61 from cancer

By RICK CALLAHAN
Feb 06, 2021 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh, an attorney and wife of former Gov. Evan Bayh, has died at age 61 'œafter a long and courageous fight" against ...
Andrews, Evans, Mirren pay tribute to Christopher Plummer

By The Associated Press
Feb 05, 2021 6:00 am - Reactions to the death at 91 of Oscar winner and "Sound of Music" star Christopher Plummer: "The world has lost a consummate actor today and I have lost a cherished fr...
Julio Canani, trainer of Breeders' Cup-winning horses, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 05, 2021 6:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Julio Canani, who trained three Breeders' Cup winners and thoroughbred racing's 2-year-old Eclipse champion filly in 2004, died Friday after a lo...

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