Obituaries
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Acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer has died
Oct 03, 2022 7:00 am - Kevin Locke, an acclaimed Native American flute player, hoop dancer, cultural ambassador and educator, has died in South Dakota at age 68, according to his family. A ...
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Japanese wrestler and politician Antonio Inoki dies at 79
Oct 01, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - A popular Japanese professional wrestler and lawmaker Antonio Inoki, who faced a world boxing champion Muhammad Ali in a mixed martial arts match in 1976, h...
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Max Baer, Pennsylvania Supreme Court's chief justice, dies
Oct 01, 2022 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Max Baer, the chief justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, has died only months before he was set to retire, the court confirmed Saturday. He was 7...
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Former US Rep. Mark Souder dead at 72 after cancer battle
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Mark Souder, a Republican who represented northeastern Indiana in Congress for more than 15 years, has died. He was 72. Souder disclosed in January t...
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'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies at age 59
Sep 29, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Coolio, the rapper who was among hip-hop's biggest names of the 1990s with hits including 'œGangsta's Paradise'ť and 'œFantastic Voyage,'ť died Wednes...
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'Gangsta's Paradise' rapper Coolio dies at age 59
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...
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'One you could always call on': Longtime Aurora alderman, 58th mayor O'Connor rememberedSep 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. "...
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Meredith Tax, feminist author and activist, dead at age 80
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...
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Prosecutor who worked on 1 renewal of Emmett Till case dies
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 ...
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'Eco-warrior' and Earth First! co-founder Dave Foreman dies
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!...