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'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies at age 59

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr. and ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writers
Sep 28, 2022 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including “Gangsta's Paradise” and “Fantastic Voyage,” died Wednesday at ag...
'One you could always call on': Longtime Aurora alderman, 58th mayor O'Connor remembered

By Alicia Fabbre
Sep 27, 2022 1:00 am - A longtime alderman who served as Aurora's 58th mayor is being remembered as a dedicated public servant. Robert James O'Connor died at his home on Sept. 15. He was 78. "...
Meredith Tax, feminist author and activist, dead at age 80

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Meredith Tax, a prominent activist and writer of second-wave feminism who challenged herself, her peers and the world at large to rethink long-held ideas...
Prosecutor who worked on 1 renewal of Emmett Till case dies

The Associated Press
Sep 26, 2022 7:00 am - GREENWOOD, Miss. (AP) - Funeral services were held Monday for the Mississippi prosecutor who worked on one of the renewed investigations into the 1955 lynching of Black ...
'Eco-warrior' and Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman dies

The Associated Press
Sep 25, 2022 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Dave Foreman, a self-proclaimed eco-warrior who was a prominent member of the radical environmentalism movement and a co-founder of Earth First!...
Dave Caulkin, Associated Press photographer, dies at 77

By DANICA KIRKA
Sep 25, 2022 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Dave Caulkin, a retired Associated Press photographer who captured the iconic moment when ice dancers Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean won the 1984 Olymp...
Pharoah Sanders, influential jazz saxophonist, dies at 81

By The Associated Press
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Pharoah Sanders, the influential tenor saxophonist revered in the jazz world for the spirituality of his work, has died, his record label announced. H...
Oscar-winning 'Cuckoo's Nest' actor Louise Fletcher dies

By ANDREW DALTON
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Louise Fletcher, a late-blooming star whose riveting performance as the cruel and calculating Nurse Ratched in 'œOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest'ť set...
Former Georgia Tech football coach Bill Fulcher dies at 88

The Associated Press
Sep 24, 2022 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Bill Fulcher, who coached Georgia Tech's football team for two seasons in the 1970s in what remains the shortest tenure in the school's modern era, has di...
Antony Blinken's father, former diplomat and banker, dies

The Associated Press
Sep 23, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken's father, Donald, a former U.S. diplomat, investment banker and modern art collector, died on Thursday. He was 96. Blin...

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