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Longtime San Francisco Giants owner Peter Magowan dies

By JOSH DUBOW
Jan 27, 2019 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Peter Magowan, the lifelong Giants fan who formed the ownership group that kept the team in San Francisco with a sparkling waterfront ballpark, died...
Migrant who founded Indonesian business empire dies

The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2019 6:00 am - JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) - Eka Tjipta Widjaja, patriarch of one of Asia's richest families and the founder of a sprawling Indonesian conglomerate, has died. He was 97. Wi...
Oscar-winning 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' composer Legrand dies

The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2019 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Oscar-winning composer and pianist Michel Legrand, whose hits included the score for the '60s romance "The Umbrellas of Cherbourg" and the song "The Windmil...
US comedian Kevin Barnett died in Mexican city of Tijuana

The Associated Press
Jan 25, 2019 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - The U.S. State Department has confirmed that American comedian Kevin Barnett has died in the Mexican border city of Tijuana. The department did not gi...
British sports writer Hugh McIlvanney dies at age 84

The Associated Press
Jan 25, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Hugh McIlvanney, widely regarded as one of Britain's greatest and most authoritative sports writers, has died. He was 84. The Football Writers' Association...
Tom Raum, versatile Washington reporter for AP, is dead

By RICARDO ALONSO-ZALDIVAR
Jan 25, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Tom Raum, a versatile writer who covered three presidents, Congress and national politics and translated knotty economic issues for readers during 44 y...
Bob Gates, UNO leader in baseball coaching wins, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Jan 24, 2019 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Bob Gates, the University of Nebraska at Omaha's all-time baseball wins leader and a state champion coach at Omaha Holy Name in the 1950s, has died. T...
Diana Athill, literary editor and writer, dies at age 101

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 24, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Diana Athill, a writer and editor who honed the work of novelists including John Updike and Margaret Atwood before finding late-life fame as a frank and fe...
Russell Baker, author and NY Times columnist is dead at 93

The Associated Press
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - LEESBURG, Va. (AP) - Russell Baker, the genial, but sharp-witted writer who won Pulitzer Prizes for his humorous columns in The New York Times and a moving autobiography...
Hazel Head, mother of Pat Summitt, dies at 93

The Associated Press
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - HENRIETTA, Tenn. (AP) - Hazel Head, the mother of former longtime Tennessee women's basketball coach Pat Summitt, has died. She was 93. Casey Davis, Head's granddaughter...

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