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Beatles recording engineer Geoff Emerick dies at 72

By GREGORY KATZ
Oct 03, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Geoff Emerick, the Beatles studio engineer who entered the music business in his mid-teens and by his early 20s had helped make history through his work on...
Real Peggy Sue, of 1958 Buddy Holly song fame, dies in Texas

The Associated Press
Oct 02, 2018 7:00 am - LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) - The Texas woman who inspired the 1958 Buddy Holly song "Peggy Sue" has died at a Lubbock hospital. Peggy Sue Gerron Rackham of Lubbock died Monday ...
Longtime Elgin teacher, youth coach remembered for dedication to children

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Oct 02, 2018 1:00 am - This story has been updated to state that Robert Pleticha was a Vietnam War-era veteran. A lifelong teacher, mentor and coach to Elgin-area youth, Robert "Bob" L. P...
Vietnam's former Communist Party Chief Do Muoi dies at 101

The Associated Press
Oct 01, 2018 7:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Former General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Do Muoi, who worked against the French colonial government and bec...
French singer and actor Charles Aznavour dies at age 94

By LORI HINNANT
Oct 01, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Charles Aznavour, the French crooner and actor whose performing career spanned eight decades and who endeared himself to fans around the world with his vers...
Max Nash, AP photographer who covered war, dies at 77

By DANICA KIRKA
Oct 01, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Photographer Max Nash, who covered conflicts in Southeast Asia and the Middle East and helped nurture a new generation of female photojournalists during mo...
Popular Danish singer-songwriter Kim Larsen dies at 72

The Associated Press
Oct 01, 2018 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish rebel singer, songwriter and guitarist Kim Larsen, who enjoyed huge popularity in his home country, has died. He was 72. Danish media d...
Joe Masteroff, story writer for the musical 'Cabaret,' dies

By MARK KENNEDY
Sep 29, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Masteroff, the Tony Award-winning story writer of the brilliant, edgy musical "Cabaret" and the touching, romantic "She Loves Me," has died. He was 9...
Former Maple Leafs forward Greg Terrion dies at 58

The Associated Press
Sep 29, 2018 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Greg Terrion, the former NHL forward who played six seasons for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1980s, has died. He was 58. The Maple Leafs confirmed Terri...
Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 29, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s "San Francisco Sound" both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Air...

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