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German commando who led mission that ended 1977 hijack dies

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2018 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The commander of a German paramilitary unit that ended the 1977 hijacking of a plane by Palestinian militants has died. Ulrich Wegener was the first comman...
Fred Bass, co-owner of beloved Strand bookstore, dead at 89

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fred Bass, who for decades ran the sprawling and beloved Strand bookstore that had the tag line "18 Miles of Books," died Wednesday at age 89. Bass died ...
Famed Muscle Shoals music producer Rick Hall dies at 85

By JAY REEVES
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Alabama record producer Rick Hall, who recorded some of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s and '70s and helped develop the fabled "Muscle Shoa...
Peggy Cummins, star of noir classic "Gun Crazy," dead at 92

The Associated Press
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Peggy Cummins, who gave an indelible performance as the lethal, beret-wearing robber in the noir classic "Gun Crazy," has died. Cummins, who reti...
Peggy Cummins, star of noir classic "Gun Crazy," dead at 92

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Peggy Cummins, a Welsh-born stage and film actress who worked just a few years in Hollywood but left behind an indelible performance as the lethal, beret...
Brother-in-law of Martin Luther King Jr. dies at 83

The Associated Press
Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The brother-in-law of Martin Luther King Jr. and a founding member of The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change has died. Isaac Newton Fa...
Erica Garner dies; fought police brutality after dad's death

The Associated Press
Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The daughter of key Black Lives Matter figure Eric Garner died Saturday after a weeklong hospital stay following a heart attack. "She was a warrior to th...
Daniel Talbot, influential indie film figure, dies in NYC

The Associated Press
Dec 30, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Daniel Talbot, a force in the independent film world who distributed art house movies and co-founded New York City's influential Lincoln Plaza Cinema,...
Actress Rose Marie of 'Dick Van Dyke Show' fame dies at 94

By LYNN ELBER
Dec 29, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rose Marie chafed at being a supporting player in the shadow of Mary Tyler Moore's fetching suburban housewife on "The Dick Van Dyke Show." But it was...
Sue Grafton, writer of popular 'alphabet' mysteries, dies

By JOHN ANTCZAK
Dec 29, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sue Grafton, author of the best-selling "alphabet series" of mystery novels, has died in Santa Barbara. She was 77. Grafton was surrounded by family, ...

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