Obituaries
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Correction: Obit-Billy Graham story
Feb 23, 2018 6:00 am - MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - In a story Feb. 22 about the burial of Billy Graham, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Graham will be buried at the headquarters of hi...
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Don Leahy, retired UNO and Creighton athletic director, dies
Feb 23, 2018 6:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Don Leahy, the retired athletic director at the University of Nebraska at Omaha and Creighton University, has died after a long bout with cancer and o...
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The Latest: Spokesman: Graham planned own funeral carefully
Feb 22, 2018 6:00 am - MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - The Latest on the death of Billy Graham (all times local): 2:30 p.m. A family spokesman says the Rev. Billy Graham carefully planned and signed off...
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Batavia teen remembered for joyful life, leadershipFeb 22, 2018 12:00 am - 17-year-old's organs could help up to 170 recipients
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Rev. Billy Graham, known as 'America's Pastor,' dies at 99
Feb 21, 2018 6:00 am - MONTREAT, N.C. (AP) - The Rev. Billy Graham, the magnetic, movie-star-handsome preacher who became a singular force in postwar American religious life, a confidant of pr...
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Rev. Billy Graham's legacy spreads from Wheaton to the worldFeb 21, 2018 12:00 am - In the beginning, the Rev. Billy Graham was a Wheaton College student who started his ministry while still in school and rapidly expanded it when he became pastor of a s...
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Legendary African filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo dies at 64
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) - Colleagues say prolific filmmaker Idrissa Ouedraogo has died in his home country of Burkina Faso. The National Union of Burkina Faso Fil...
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Olympic hammer champion Litvinov dies aged 60
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Sergei Litvinov, the 1988 Olympic gold medalist in the men's hammer throw, has died. He was 60. The Russian track and field federation said in a statement ...
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French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood dies suddenly at 62
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French jazz violinist Didier Lockwood, whose eclectic career spanned more than four decades and the world's most prestigious festivals and concert halls, ha...
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Detroit radio host Cliff Russell dies of heart attack
Feb 19, 2018 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Detroit radio host Cliff Russell, whose talk show focused on issues affecting the city's black residents, has died. Greg Russell said his brother died Sun...