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Poet Lucie Brock-Broido dead at 61

The Associated Press
Mar 07, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lucie Brock-Broido, a prize-winning poet and educator, has died at age 61. Publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced Wednesday that Brock-Broido died Tuesday a...
Woody Durham, longtime voice of Tar Heels sports, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Mar 07, 2018 6:00 am - CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) - Woody Durham, the retired "Voice of the Tar Heels" who called North Carolina football and basketball games for four decades, died Wednesday. He ...
Inventor's firm says creator of the wind-up radio has died

The Associated Press
Mar 05, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Trevor Baylis, creator of the clockwork or wind-up radio, has died at 80. David Bunting, CEO of Trevor Baylis Brands, says Baylis died Monday after a lengt...
Founder of transformative Tower Records chain dies at 92

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE
Mar 05, 2018 6:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Russell Solomon, founder of the Tower Records chain that became a global phenomenon and changed the way people consumed music, has died. He was...
Cyprus FA chief dies after 17 years at post

The Associated Press
Mar 05, 2018 6:00 am - NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) - Costakis Koutsokoumnis, the president of the Cyprus Football Association for the last 17 years, has died at 61. The Cyprus FA said on its website ...
Roger Bannister, who broke the 4-minute mile, dies at 88

By CHRIS LEHOURITES
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Roger Bannister, who as a lanky medical student at Oxford in 1954 electrified the sports world and lifted postwar England's spirits when he became the firs...
'M.A.S.H.' actor David Ogden Stiers dies at age 75

The Associated Press
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - David Ogden Stiers, a prolific actor best known for playing a surgeon on the "M.A.S.H." television series, has died. He was 75. The actor's agent Mitc...
Fiorentina captain Astori found dead aged 31 before match

The Associated Press
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - UDINE, Italy (AP) - Fiorentina captain Davide Astori was found dead in his hotel room on Sunday at the age of 31 after a suspected cardiac arrest before an Italian leagu...
Tributes to Roger Bannister, who has died at age 88

By DANIELLA MATAR
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - The world of athletics stopped to watch Roger Bannister run as a black-and-white video was shown on a giant screen at the world indoor athleti...
AP Was There: Roger Bannister, 30 years after his milestone

By MARCUS ELIASON
Mar 04, 2018 6:00 am - In 1984, while stationed in London for The Associated Press, I phoned Roger Bannister to request an interview for the 30th anniversary of his becoming the first man to r...

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