Obituaries
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Scholar of Russian history, aide to Ronald Reagan dies
May 18, 2018 7:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A renowned scholar of Russian history and aide to President Ronald Reagan has died in Massachusetts. Richard Pipes was 94. His son, Daniel Pipes,...
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Former Australian junior middleweight boxer Troy Waters dies
May 17, 2018 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Former junior middleweight world title boxing contender Troy Waters has died following a long battle with leukemia, his family said Friday. He was 53. One ...
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Romanian director Pintilie, who irked communists, dead at 84
May 17, 2018 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Romanian theater director and filmmaker Lucian Pintilie, who emigrated after falling out with the communists and then made a career in France a...
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Ray Wilson, World Cup winner with England, dies at 83
May 16, 2018 7:00 am - HUDDERSFIELD, England (AP) - Ray Wilson, the left back in all six of England's games in its World Cup-winning campaign in 1966, has died. He was 83. Huddersfield announc...
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Doug Ford, former Masters and PGA champion, dies at 95
May 15, 2018 7:00 am - PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Doug Ford, the oldest surviving Masters champion who won 19 times on the PGA Tour and was the player of the year in 1957, has died. He was...
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Ex-Trinidad and Tobago defender Jlloyd Samuel dies at 37
May 15, 2018 7:00 am - COUVA, Trinidad (AP) - Jlloyd Samuel, the former Trinidad and Tobago defender who played in the English Premier League for Aston Villa and Bolton, has died. He was 37. T...
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Tom Wolfe, pioneering 'New Journalist,' dead at 88
May 15, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of "New Journalism" who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race befor...
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Remembering author Tom Wolfe, 'a magician' with words
May 15, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - You only had to look at him - in his white suits and two-tone shoes - or read such books as "The Bonfire of the Vanities" and "The Right Stuff" to know t...
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Tom Wolfe, pioneering 'New Journalist,' dead at 88
May 15, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tom Wolfe, the white-suited wizard of "New Journalism" who exuberantly chronicled American culture from the Merry Pranksters through the space race befor...
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Ernest Medina, key figure in My Lai Massacre, dies at 81
May 14, 2018 7:00 am - MILWAUKEE (AP) - Former Army Capt. Ernest L. Medina, a key figure in the My Lai Massacre during the Vietnam War, has died in Wisconsin. He was 81. Medina was an Army cap...