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Co-founder of chart-topping The O'Jays dies of cancer at 78

The Associated Press
Apr 07, 2019 7:00 am - OCEANSIDE, Calif. (AP) - Bill Isles, an original member of the chart-topping R&B group The O'Jays, has died at his Southern California Home. He was 78. Isles died of can...
Maryland House Speaker Busch dies, a Chesapeake Bay defender

By BRIAN WITTE
Apr 07, 2019 7:00 am - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Michael Busch, a champion of the Chesapeake Bay and progressive causes during his record-tenure as Maryland's Democratic House speaker, battled for...
Ex-Sen Ernest 'Fritz' Hollings of South Carolina dies at 97

By MEG KINNARD
Apr 07, 2019 7:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Ernest F. "Fritz" Hollings, the silver-haired Democrat who helped shepherd South Carolina through desegregation as governor and went on to serve si...
Buffalo Grove mourns longtime park commissioner, community volunteer Richard Drazner

By Steve Zalusky
Apr 07, 2019 1:00 am - Buffalo Grove is mourning the loss of Buffalo Grove Park District Commissioner Rick Drazner, a dedicated community volunteer who served as the board's president, as well...
Sydney Brenner, who helped decipher genetic code, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Apr 06, 2019 7:00 am - LA JOLLA, Calif. (AP) - Sydney Brenner, a Nobel Prize-winning biologist who helped decipher the genetic code and whose research on a roundworm sparked a new field of hum...
Friends, colleagues mourn former state Sen. Don Totten

By Eric Peterson
Apr 05, 2019 1:00 am - Friends, longtime colleagues and political protégés are mourning the death of Don Totten - former Illinois state senator, Cook County Republican Party chairman and Schau...
Artist who created first paint-by-numbers pictures dies

By JOHN SEEWER
Apr 04, 2019 7:00 am - TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Dan Robbins, an artist who created the first paint-by-numbers pictures and helped turn the kits into an American sensation during the 1950s, has died...
Iranian media report veteran actor Mashayekhi dead at 84

The Associated Press
Apr 02, 2019 7:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iranian media are reporting that veteran film and theater actor Jamshid Mashayekhi has died at age 84. A Tuesday report by the semi-official ISNA new...
Grammy-nominated rapper Nipsey Hussle shot and killed at 33

By MESFIN FEKADU and ANDREW DALTON
Apr 01, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rapper Nipsey Hussle was fatally shot outside the clothing store he founded to help rebuild his troubled South Los Angeles neighborhood, police said, ...
Rihanna, Snoop, Ice Cube react to death of Nipsey Hussle

By The Associated Press
Apr 01, 2019 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of rapper Nipsey Hussle, who was shot and killed on Sunday in Los Angeles. ___ - "This doesn't make any sense! My spirit is shaken by this! Dear Go...

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