Obituaries
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Paralympian Marieke Vervoort fulfills wish to take own life
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - Paralympian Marieke Vervoort said when the day arrived, she had signed the euthanasia papers and was prepared to end her life. That day came Tuesday in her native Belgiu...
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Former AP civil rights reporter Kathryn Johnson dies
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing reporter for The Associated Press whose intrepid coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories led to a string of legenda...
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Indianapolis pastor Dixon who defied IRS dead at age 87
Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Rev. Greg J. Dixon, founder of the Indianapolis Baptist Temple that federal marshals seized in a tax dispute, has died. He was 87. His son and su...
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'Jeffersons,' 'Diff'rent Strokes' producer Al Burton dies
Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am - SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - Al Burton, a TV producer whose six-decade career included an eclectic mix of beauty pageants, variety and game shows and groundbreaking comedies...
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Cummings recalled as powerful orator who took on White House
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cumming, who died Thursday at age 68, was remembered as a moral voice of conscience in a divisive era - a leader who fought for ...
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Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd is dead at 62
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - Oracle co-CEO Mark Hurd, who led two Silicon Valley giants, has died at 62. Oracle confirmed his death Friday, but gave no cause. Hurd was on medical leave, which Oracle...
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'Maude' co-star, character actor Bill Macy dies at 97
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bill Macy, the character actor whose hangdog expression was a perfect match for his role as the long-suffering foil to Bea Arthur's unyielding feminis...
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Cummings, powerful congressman leading Trump probe, has died
Oct 17, 2019 7:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a sharecropper's son who rose to become a civil rights champion and the chairman of one of the U.S. House committees l...
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'Heartbroken': GOP mourns Cummings as friend, statesman
Oct 17, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - "Heartbroken." That's how North Carolina Rep. Mark Meadows, one of the most conservative members of the House, reacted Thursday to the death of Marylan...
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Ed Beck, part of Kentucky's 1958 NCAA title team, dies at 83
Oct 17, 2019 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Ed Beck, a fierce rebounder for Kentucky's 1958 NCAA championship team nicknamed the "Fiddlin' Five," has died. He was 83. The school said Beck die...