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Report: High-ranking Iranian cleric dies at 70

The Associated Press
Dec 24, 2018 6:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's state TV is reporting that Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, head of the Expediency Council advisory body to the country's Supreme Leader, ...
Warsaw ghetto uprising fighter Simcha Rotem dies at 94

By ARON HELLER
Dec 23, 2018 6:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Simcha Rotem, an Israeli Holocaust survivor who was among the last known Jewish fighters from the 1943 Warsaw ghetto uprising against the Nazis, has die...
Saudi prince who called for reforms dies at 87

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2018 6:00 am - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Prayers were held Sunday for Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, a senior member of the royal family who supported women's rights and once led a grou...
Ken Foreman, Seattle Pacific coaching great, dead at 96

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2018 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Ken Foreman, the longtime Seattle Pacific track coach who was the head women's coach of the 1980 U.S. Olympic team that boycotted the Moscow Games, died S...
Former Liberal Democrat leader Paddy Ashdown has died at 77

By GREGORY KATZ
Dec 22, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Britain's Liberal Democrat party has announced the death of former leader Paddy Ashdown after a short illness. He was 77. The popular, articulate Ashdown w...
Audrey Geisel, widow and promoter of Dr. Seuss, dies at 97

By BRIAN MELLEY
Dec 21, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - As Dr. Seuss neared the end of his life, the children's author told his wife that she would have to look after the Cat in the Hat, the Lorax, the Grin...
Longtime Indiana sports writer Terry Hutchens dead at 60

The Associated Press
Dec 21, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Terry Hutchens, a longtime and award-winning sports writer who covered the NFL's Colts and the Indiana Hoosiers in the final days of coach Bob Knight...
Peter Masterson, actor, writer and filmmaker, dead at 84

The Associated Press
Dec 20, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Peter Masterson, the playwright, filmmaker and actor with a knack for farce and drama whether co-writing the Tony-winning musical "The Best Little Whoreh...
Willie Murrell, former K-State basketball star, dead at 78

The Associated Press
Dec 20, 2018 6:00 am - MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Willie Murrell, the former Kansas State basketball star who is one of two Wildcats with career averages of more than 20 points and 10 rebounds, ha...
'Laverne' role gave Marshall springboard to historic career

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 19, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Penny Marshall was typically self-effacing whenever her brother, the late filmmaker Garry Marshall, proudly boasted that his sister was the first female ...

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