Obituaries
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Blake Painter, 'Deadliest Catch' skipper, found dead in home
May 30, 2018 7:00 am - ASTORIA, Ore. (AP) - Blake Painter, an Oregon fisherman featured on the television series "The Deadliest Catch," has died. He was 38. Clatsop County Sheriff Tom Bergin s...
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Pioneering doctor who helped create SAFER barrier dies at 81
May 30, 2018 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Dr. Henry Bock, a pioneering doctor in racing and a key player in creating the SAFER barrier, has died. He was 81. Indianapolis Motor Speedway offici...
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Egyptian iconic actress Madiha Yousri dies at age 97
May 30, 2018 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Madiha Yousri, an Egyptian actress known for her iconic, classical romance roles in the heyday of Egypt's cinema in the second half of the 20th century, has...
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Matriarch of local soccer industry dies at 74May 30, 2018 1:00 am - A pioneer and continued advocate for popularizing soccer in the Chicago area is being mourned by many in the industry she forged, after her death this month. Christine M...
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Longtime CBS radio correspondent Bob Fuss dies at age 64
May 28, 2018 7:00 am - FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - Longtime CBS radio reporter Bob Fuss has died. He was 64. A close friend, Peter Maer, sent a note to Fuss' colleagues saying the network's Capit...
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Serge Dassault, French aviation industrialist, dies at 93
May 28, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French business executive Serge Dassault, a top aviation and arms industrialist and one of France's richest men, died Monday in his Paris office. He was 93....
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New Zealand Olympic 5,000m silver medalist Quax dead at 70
May 27, 2018 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand runner Dick Quax died on Monday at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer. Regarded as one of his country's greatest ru...
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Glenn Snoddy, inventor of fuzz pedal for guitarists, dies
May 26, 2018 7:00 am - MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) - A recording engineer whose invention of a pedal that allowed guitarists to create a fuzzy, distorted sound most famously used by Keith Ric...
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Muscle Shoals drummer Roger Clark dies at 67
May 25, 2018 7:00 am - MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) - Roger Clark, a drummer who contributed to the legendary Muscle Shoals sound, has died. The Times Daily reports that guitarist ...
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Veteran publicist to the stars Paul Bloch dead at age 78
May 25, 2018 7:00 am - Paul Bloch, a veteran Hollywood publicist for Rogers & Cowan who counted John Travolta, Eddie Murphy and Tom Cruise among his clients in a career that spanned more than ...