Obituaries
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Veteran Sherpa guide who set Everest record dies at age 72
Sep 21, 2020 7:00 am - KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - A veteran Nepalese Sherpa guide who was the first person to climb Mount Everest 10 times has died at age 72 after a long illness, family members ...
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Langlois, 3-time Cup winner with Canadiens, dies at 85
Sep 20, 2020 7:00 am - MONTREAL (AP) - Albert Langlois, a three-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, has died. He was 85. The team announced the death Sunday. Langlois played ...
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Robert W. Gore, the inventor of Gore-Tex fabric, dead at 83
Sep 19, 2020 7:00 am - NEWARK, Del. (AP) - Robert W. Gore, whose invention of what created the breathable-yet-waterproof fabric known as Gore-Tex revolutionized outdoor wear and helped spawn u...
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'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77
Sep 18, 2020 7:00 am - FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) - Winston Groom, the writer whose novel 'œForrest Gump'ť was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, ...
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Lebanese soccer player dies from stray bullet head wound
Sep 18, 2020 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Lebanon's leading soccer player Mohammed Atwi died on Friday, nearly a month after he was wounded in Beirut by a stray bullet that hit him in the head, the...
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Ronnie Hogue dies, UGa's 1st Black scholarship hoops player
Sep 18, 2020 7:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Ronnie Hogue, the first Black scholarship athlete on the Georgia Bulldogs men's basketball team, died Friday, the school announced. He was 69. Hogue w...
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Ginsburg dies at age 87; McConnell plans replacement vote before electionSep 18, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a diminutive yet towering women's rights champion who became the court's second female justice, died Friday at he...
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Father of Nebraska football coach Scott Frost dies at 73
Sep 17, 2020 7:00 am - LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Larry Frost, the father of Nebraska football coach Scott Frost, has died following a battle with cancer. He was 73. The elder Frost's death on Wedn...
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'Forrest Gump' author Winston Groom dead at 77
Sep 17, 2020 7:00 am - FAIRHOPE, Ala. (AP) - Winston Groom, the writer whose novel 'œForrest Gump'ť was made into a six-Oscar winning 1994 movie that became a soaring pop cultural phenomenon, ...
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César GarcÃa, AP Colombia reporter, dies after illness at 61
Sep 16, 2020 7:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - César GarcÃa, a veteran reporter for The Associated Press who ventured across Colombia to tell the story of the nation's armed conflict, has di...