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Grammy-winning 1970s soul singer Betty Wright dies at 66

The Associated Press
May 10, 2020 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Betty Wright, the Grammy-winning soul singer and songwriter whose influential 1970s hits included 'œClean Up Woman" and 'œWhere is the Love,'ť has died at a...
After surviving POW camp, Wheaton man built a family life in the suburbs

By Steve Zalusky
May 10, 2020 1:00 am - The events of Carl Groesbeck's life were the kind you might find in a World War II movie. In fact, aspects of his war experience showed up in two of them: “Twelve O'Cloc...
US bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic dead at 43

The Associated Press
May 09, 2020 7:00 am - LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Former U.S. Olympic bobsledder Pavle Jovanovic has died. He was 43. USA Bobsled/Skeleton said in a release Saturday that Jovanovic took his own ...
French Resistance hero Cecile Rol-Tanguy dies at 101

Associated Press
May 09, 2020 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French Resistance member Cecile Rol-Tanguy, who risked her life during World War II by working to liberate Paris from Nazi occupation, has died. She was 101...
Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy dies from coronavirus at 75

The Associated Press
May 09, 2020 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Roy Horn of Siegfried & Roy, the duo whose extraordinary magic tricks astonished millions until Horn was critically injured in 2003 by one of the act's ...
Andre Harrell, music exec who discovered Diddy, dies at 59

By MESFIN FEKADU
May 09, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Andre Harrell, the Uptown Records founder who shaped the sound of hip-hop and R&B in the late '80s and '90s with acts such as Mary J. Blige and Heavy D a...
Little Richard, flamboyant rock '~n' roll pioneer, dead at 87

By KRISTIN M. HALL
May 09, 2020 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock '~n' roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popu...
Jagger, Dylan, Quincy Jones react to death of Little Richard

By The Associated Press
May 09, 2020 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of rock '~n' roll pioneer Little Richard, who died Saturday at 87. - 'œI'm so saddened to hear about the passing of Little Richard, he was the bigg...
Little Richard, flamboyant rock 'n' roll pioneer, dead at 87

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer
May 09, 2020 1:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Little Richard, one of the chief architects of rock 'n' roll whose piercing wail, pounding piano and towering pompadour irrevocably altered popular mu...
Former Greek health minister, cardiologist Kremastinos, dies

The Associated Press
May 08, 2020 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's former health minister, cardiologist and university professor Dimitris Kremastinos, has died of the new coronavirus, Greek officials said ...

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