Obituaries
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Slavery historian Ira Berlin dies at 77
Jun 06, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ira Berlin, a prize-winning historian revered for his exhaustive groundbreaking scholarship into slavery and life during its aftermath, has died at age 7...
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Kansas newspaper editor, publisher Dick Buzbee dies at 86
Jun 06, 2018 7:00 am - WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Dick Buzbee, former editor and publisher of The Hutchinson News and Olathe Daily News in Kansas, has died from brain cancer. He was 86. Buzbee's fam...
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Grammy-winner Tejano star Jimmy Gonzalez dies in San Antonio
Jun 06, 2018 7:00 am - SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Jimmy Gonzalez, the frontman for the Grammy-winning Tejano (tay-HAH'-noh) group Jimmy Gonzalez y Grupo Mazz (ee GROO'-poh MAHS), has died in Texas aft...
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Spade remembered as vibrant and colorful, like her creations
Jun 06, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bright. Vibrant. Colorful. And, most essentially, fun. The same words used so often to describe Kate Spade's enormously popular handbags - "It" bags that...
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Dwight Clark, 49er great who made 'The Catch,' dies at 61
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Dwight Clark will forever be remembered for one iconic moment, his leap in the back of the end zone to make a fingertip grab of a game-winning...
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Spade remembered as vibrant and colorful, like her creations
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bright. Vibrant. Colorful. And, most essentially, fun. The same words used so often to describe Kate Spade's enormously popular handbags - "It" bags that...
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Space pioneer Georg von Tiesenhausen dies at Alabama home
Jun 05, 2018 7:00 am - HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) - Georg von Tiesenhausen, the last of the German rocket team that launched the U.S. space program, has died at his Alabama home. He was 104. U.S. S...
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Officials: Designer Kate Spade found dead in apartment
Jun 05, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Kate Spade, a fashion designer known for her sleek handbags, was found dead in the bedroom of her Park Avenue apartment Tuesday in an apparent suicide, law en...
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Alaska broadcaster known for Yup'ik stories dies
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - An Alaska Native broadcaster who helped preserve the Yup'ik language and culture one story at a time died Monday. John Active was 69. Active wor...
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Nation of Islam says leader Louis Farrakhan's son has died
Jun 04, 2018 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Nation of Islam says the oldest son of Minister Louis Farrakhan has died. The group's Chicago headquarters says 60-year-old Louis Farrakhan Jr. died o...