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'NewsHour' host and debate moderator Jim Lehrer dies at 85

By MARK KENNEDY and DAVID BAUDER
Jan 23, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Lehrer, longtime host of the nightly PBS 'œNewsHour'ť whose serious, sober demeanor made him the choice to moderate 11 presidential debates between 1...
Jim Lehrer of the 'MacNeil-Lehrer Report' dies at 85

By DAVID BAUDER AP Media Writer
Jan 23, 2020 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Lehrer, co-host and later host of the nightly PBS "NewsHour" that for decades offered a thoughtful take on current events, has died, PBS said Thursda...
Aurora soldier's remains arrive in Texas for burial

By Nubia Reyna and Erin Sheridan The Brownsville Herald
Jan 23, 2020 12:00 am - BROWNSVILLE, Texas - Some praying, some crying and some holding American flags, dozens of community members gathered at the Brownsville-South Padre International Airport...
Hall of Fame HS basketball coach Morgan Wootten dies at 88

By DAVID GINSBURG
Jan 22, 2020 6:00 am - HYATTSVILLE, Md. (AP) - Morgan Wootten, a Hall of Fame basketball coach who built DeMatha High School into a national powerhouse and mentored several future NBA stars du...
Coroner featured in 'Midnight in the Garden' book dies at 88

By RUSS BYNUM
Jan 22, 2020 6:00 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Dr. James C. Metts Jr., a Savannah physician whose four decades serving as an elected coroner earned him a small part in the bestselling book 'œMidn...
'Naughty boy': Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 22, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by colleagues as 'œthe complete Renaissance comedian" and 'œa man of endl...
Monty Python star Terry Jones dies at 77

By JILL LAWLESS Associated Press
Jan 22, 2020 12:00 am - LONDON — Terry Jones, a founding member of the anarchic Monty Python troupe who was hailed by a colleague as “the complete Renaissance comedian,” has died after a battle...
GOP congressman who backed Nixon impeachment dead at 87

HERBERT G. McCANN
Jan 21, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Thomas Railsback, an Illinois Republican congressman who helped draw up articles of impeachment against President Richard Nixon in 1974, has died at age 8...
Minnesota man exposed as commander of Nazi-led unit dies

By AMY FORLITI, STEVE KARNOWSKI and RANDY HERSCHAFT
Jan 21, 2020 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A retired Minnesota carpenter whom The Associated Press exposed as a former commander of a Nazi-led unit accused of war atrocities has died. Michael K...
Jazz composer and saxophone player Jimmy Heath dies at 93

The Associated Press
Jan 20, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Heath, a Grammy-nominated jazz saxophonist and composer who performed with such greats as Miles Davis and John Coltrane before forming the popular ...

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