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Jake Black, of Alabama 3 and 'Sopranos' theme fame, dies

The Associated Press
May 22, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Jake Black, co-writer of the song that opened "The Sopranos" and co-founder of the English electronic band Alabama 3, has died. The band announced Black's ...
The Latest: Hamilton says Lauda 'bright light in my life'

The Associated Press
May 21, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The Latest on Niki Lauda's death (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Formula One world champion Lewis Hamilton said Niki Lauda was a "bright light in my life" and...
F1 great and aviation entrepreneur Niki Lauda dies at 70

By GEIR MOULSON
May 21, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Formula One great Niki Lauda, who won two of his world titles after a horrific crash that left him with serious burns and went on to become a prominent fig...
First black official in Atlantic Coast Conference dies

The Associated Press
May 20, 2019 7:00 am - APEX, N.C. (AP) - Jim Burch was the first black man to officiate a basketball game in the Atlantic Coast Conference, but one of the men he taught to follow in his footst...
Actor-comedian Sammy Shore, father of Pauly, dies at 92

The Associated Press
May 18, 2019 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sammy Shore, an actor and standup comedian who co-founded the Comedy Store, died Saturday. He was 92. Through a spokeswoman, Shore's family said he died...
I.M. Pei's legacy stretched from the West to the East

By YANAN WANG and KATHY McCORMACK
May 17, 2019 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - The legacy of American architect I.M. Pei stretches from west to east, from the Louvre museum to his native China, where he helped fuse tradition and mode...
Herman Wouk, a consummate writer until the end, dies at 103

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 17, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Herman Wouk was a prize-winning, million-selling author never quite in fashion. He was a religious Jew among secular peers, a respecter of authority in a...
'Caine Mutiny,' 'Winds of War' author Herman Wouk has died

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 17, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Winds of War" whose steady Jewish...
Jodie Foster's mother and former manager Brandy dies at 90

The Associated Press
May 16, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Evelyn "Brandy" Foster, who managed her daughter Jodie's career from her child-prodigy years through two Academy Awards, has died, her family said Thu...
Ex-Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke dies at age 89

By ROD McGUIRK
May 16, 2019 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Bob Hawke, Australia's longest-serving Labor Party prime minister, whose charisma and powers of persuasion earned him near-folk hero status am...

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