Obituaries
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Veteran AP reporter, editor Robert Barr dies at age 71
Aug 31, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Robert Barr, a longtime reporter and editor for The Associated Press in London who covered major news events ranging from the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 to ...
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Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six decades, created a vast body of work that reflected b...
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Paul Taylor, giant of modern dance, dead at 88 in New York
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Taylor, a towering figure in American modern dance who, in a career that spanned more than six decades, created a vast body of work that reflected b...
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Veteran AP reporter, editor Robert Barr dies at age 71
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Robert Barr, a longtime reporter and editor for The Associated Press in London who covered major news events ranging from the Lockerbie bombing in 1988 to ...
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Iosif Kobzon, singer dubbed 'Soviet Sinatra,' dies at age 80
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Iosif Kobzon, an iconic Russian crooner and political figure dubbed "the Soviet Sinatra" for his decades-long career, has died. He was 80 years old. One of...
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Greek minister says filmmaker Costa Gavras has died at 85
Aug 30, 2018 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greece's culture minister says Greek-French film director Costa Gavras has died in Paris at the age of 85. Culture Minister Mysini Zorba announced ...
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Writer, 44-year Arlington Heights library trustee dies at 91Aug 30, 2018 1:00 am - It was a Catholic nun who gave a young Richard Frisbie his first good review as a writer, and inspiration that led to him making the art of the written word the constant...
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St. Charles couple die in Wisconsin crash on I-90Aug 29, 2018 1:00 am - A St. Charles couple died last week after a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 in Wisconsin, authorities said. Edward Grzesik Sr., 81, and Shirlyn Grzesik, 73, were ...
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Longtime Churchill Downs spokesman John Asher dies at 62
Aug 27, 2018 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - John Asher's devotion to the Kentucky Derby, Churchill Downs and horse racing were obvious anytime he was asked about those subjects, often weavin...
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A life of courage, politics came down to 1 vote for McCain
Aug 27, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - For John McCain, a lifetime of courage, contradictions and contrarianism came down to one vote, in the middle of the night, in the twilight of his care...