Obituaries
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Prize winning historian Jean Edward Smith dead at 86
Sep 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jean Edward Smith, a prize-winning historian known for his books on Franklin Roosevelt and Ulysses Grant, has died. He was 86. Simon & Schuster confirmed...
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Family: Eddie Money, 'Two Tickets to Paradise' singer, dies
Sep 13, 2019 1:00 am - Rock star Eddie Money, who recently announced he had stage 4 esophageal cancer, has died. He was 70. Publicist Cindy Ronzoni provided a statement from the family saying ...
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Hungarian architect, dissident Laszlo Rajk dies at 70
Sep 12, 2019 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Laszlo Rajk, a Hungarian architect, dissident and film and theater production designer, has died. He was 70. Rajk died Wednesday from an undiscl...
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Tonga's prime minister, who nurtured democracy, dies at 78
Sep 12, 2019 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Tongan Prime Minister 'Akilisi Pohiva, who helped wrest power from the royal family and bring greater democracy to the small Pacific islan...
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T. Boone Pickens, oilman and renewables advocate, dies at 91
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - T. Boone Pickens, a brash and quotable oil tycoon who grew even wealthier through corporate takeover attempts, died Wednesday. He was 91. Pickens wa...
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The Latest: Dignitaries pay tribute to tycoon Pickens
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - The Latest on the death of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens: (all times local): 6 p.m. Dignitaries ranging from former President George W. Bush to Oklaho...
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Former Indonesian President Habibie dies at age 83
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Former Indonesian President Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie, who allowed democratic reforms and an independence referendum for East Timor following t...
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Underground singer-songwriter Daniel Johnston dead at 58
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Daniel Johnston, a quirky folk singer-songwriter and visual artist whose offbeat career and struggles with mental illness brought him a cult following and...
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Jarrid Wilson, founder of Christian suicide outreach, dies
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - RIVERSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Jarrid Wilson, a Southern California pastor who with his wife founded the outreach group "Anthem of Hope" to help people coping with depression ...
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Reaction to the death of oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens
Sep 11, 2019 7:00 am - Here is some reaction to the death of legendary oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens, who died Wednesday at his Dallas home at age 91: "T. Boone Pickens became a household name a...