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Aretha Franklin's music rising on charts following her death

By MESFIN FEKADU
Aug 16, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin's music quickly climbed the iTunes' charts following her death on Thursday. Her "30 Greatest Hits" album hit the No. 1 spot, replacing Ni...
'Queen of Soul' Aretha Franklin dies at 76

By MESFIN FEKADU and HILLEL ITALIE AP Entertainment Writers
Aug 16, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Aretha Franklin, the undisputed "Queen of Soul" who sang with matchless style on such classics as "Think," ''I Say a Little Prayer" and her signature son...
Publisher John Calder, champion of edgy authors, dies at 91

By JILL LAWLESS
Aug 15, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Influential publisher John Calder, who championed avant-garde authors and battled censorship, has died, a colleague said Wednesday. He was 91. Alessandro G...
Dave Dave, whose father set him on fire in 1983, dies at 42

The Associated Press
Aug 15, 2018 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Dave Dave, a respected Las Vegas artist who was badly scarred as a boy when his father tried to burn him to death in Southern California, has died. He w...
Former Marshall quarterback Reggie Oliver dead at 66

The Associated Press
Aug 14, 2018 7:00 am - HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - The Marshall University quarterback who was part of the team's return after the 1970 plane crash that killed 75 players has died. Reggie Oliver ...
Former Wheaton resident remembered as 'caring' volunteer, mother

By Katlyn Smith
Aug 14, 2018 1:00 am - You couldn't miss Jane Wambach at Marquette University's Christmas formal. The straight-A student was named queen of the school's Holly Ball that evening in the early 19...
Former WWE star Jim 'The Anvil' Neidhart dies at 63

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 13, 2018 7:00 am - Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart, who joined with brother-in-law Bret Hart to form one of the top tag teams in the 1980s with the WWE, has died. He was 63. The Pasco Sheriff's O...
V.S. Naipaul, Nobel Prize-winning author, dies at 85

By SYLVIA HUI
Aug 12, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and b...
Founder of The Good Earth restaurant chain dies at age 89

The Associated Press
Aug 12, 2018 7:00 am - RENO, Nev. (AP) - William A. "Bill" Galt, the founder of The Good Earth restaurant chain who was considered a health food pioneer, has died. He was 89. Galt died Aug. 2 ...
Nobel Prize-winning author V.S. Naipaul dies at 85

By SYLVIA HUI
Aug 11, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - V.S. Naipaul, the Trinidad-born Nobel laureate whose precise and lyrical writing in such novels as "A Bend in the River" and "A House for Mr. Biswas" and b...

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