Obituaries
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Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides, dies at 83
Nov 25, 2020 6:00 am - SELMA, Ala. (AP) - Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from Alabama who inspired the landmark 'œFreedom Rides" of 1961, died Monday. He was 83. Former Alabama s...
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Feuding no more, Pelé joins world in mourning Diego Maradona
Nov 25, 2020 6:00 am - The most heated wrangling over the title of soccer's greatest player could be found between Diego Maradona and Pelé themselves. So often, their squabbling would descend...
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Remembering Diego Maradona: 'The world has lost a legend'
Nov 25, 2020 6:00 am - Tributes to Argentina soccer great Diego Maradona, who died Wednesday at age 60: ___ 'œA very sad day for all Argentinians and for football. He leaves us, but he is not ...
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Argentine soccer great Diego Maradona dies at 60
Nov 25, 2020 12:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before later...
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Simon Haydon, ex-AP international sports editor, dies at 64
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Simon Haydon, who shaped The Associated Press' coverage of World Cups and Olympics as international sports editor and reported on landmark news events whil...
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Vatican butler convicted in Benedict XVI leaks case dies
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Paolo Gabriele, the Vatican butler who was convicted of stealing and leaking Pope Benedict XVI's private papers in 2012, has died. He was 54. Vatican News, t...
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New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Few American leaders have faced the battery of urban ills that confronted David Dinkins when he became New York City's first Black mayor in 1990. AIDS. C...
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David Holwerk, who helped newspaper win Pulitzer, dies at 73
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - David Holwerk, a former editorial-page editor whose decision-making helped the Lexington Herald-Leader win a Pulitzer Prize, has died. He was 73. H...
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Helen LaFrance, who painted rural memories, dies at 101
Nov 24, 2020 6:00 am - MAYFIELD, Ky. (AP) - A prominent Black Kentucky artist whose painted memories of rural life in Kentucky are featured in U.S. and European museums and in the collections ...
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New York City's first Black mayor, David Dinkins, dies at 93
Nov 24, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK - David Dinkins, who broke barriers as New York City's first African American mayor but was doomed to a single term by a soaring murder rate, stubborn unemploym...