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Olympic gold sprinter Irena Szewinska of Poland dies at 72

BY VANESSA GERA
Jun 30, 2018 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Irena Szewinska, a Polish sprinter who dominated women's athletics for two decades, winning seven Olympic medals, and who later became a member of ...
Serbia soccer official and ex-player Bunjevcevic dies at 45

The Associated Press
Jun 29, 2018 7:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Serbia soccer official Goran Bunjevcevic, a former Red Star Belgrade captain and Tottenham defender, has died. He was 45. The Football Associatio...
Writers, other notables react to the death of Harlan Ellison

By The Associated Press
Jun 29, 2018 7:00 am - Stephen King, Neil Gaiman and other notables react to the death of writer Harlan Ellison: "Harlan Ellison: There was no one quite like him in American letters, and never...
Eugene Kim, veteran AP writer of Today in History, dies

The Associated Press
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Eugene Kim, a broadcast writer and editor for The Associated Press who for 34 years wrote the AP's Today In History feature used by newspapers and broa...
Harlan Ellison, science fiction master, dies at age 84

By ROBERT JABLON
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Harlan Ellison, the prolific, pugnacious author of "A Boy and His Dog," and countless other stories that blasted society with their nightmarish, somet...
Joe Jackson turned his children into stars, but at a price

By NEKESA MUMBI MOODY
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Jackson once had his own dreams of success. He tried to be a boxer and then played guitar with a group called The Falcons. But he realized early on t...
Slavery scholar Willie Lee Rose dead at 91

The Associated Press
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A groundbreaking scholar on slavery and Reconstruction has died. Willie Lee Rose was 91. Rose died in her sleep June 20 at a Baltimore retirement communi...
Steve Soto, founder of punk stalwarts Adolescents, dies

The Associated Press
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steve Soto, founder of punk rock stalwarts the Adolescents who played in a series of bands during nearly 40 years in the Southern California music sce...
Joe Jackson, patriarch of musical Jackson family, dies at 89

By MESFIN FEKADU
Jun 27, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Jackson, the fearsome stage dad of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and their talented siblings, who took his family from poverty and launched a musica...
Phil Rodgers, 5-time tour winner and noted teacher, dies

The Associated Press
Jun 27, 2018 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Phil Rodgers, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour who became one of golf's top instructors, died after a long battle with leukemia. He was 80. Rodgers di...

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