Obituaries
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Tommy Horton, English Ryder Cup player, dies at 76
Dec 08, 2017 6:00 am - GROUVILLE, Jersey (AP) - Tommy Horton, the Englishman who played in two Ryder Cups and won four times on European Tour, died Thursday. He was 76. Horton became ill at th...
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Actor Steve Reevis of 'Fargo,' 'Dancing With Wolves' dies
Dec 08, 2017 6:00 am - MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) - Actor Steve Reevis, who had supporting roles in the movies "Fargo" and "Last of the Dogmen," has died. He was 55. Ralph Foster of the Foster Funer...
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Veteran Warren Township High School administrator diesDec 08, 2017 12:00 am - A veteran Warren Township High School District 121 administrator has died after a long fight against cancer. Rafael Soto, 58, served as dean of students at the freshman-...
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Longtime Washington state medical marijuana activist dies
Dec 07, 2017 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - JoAnna McKee, a pioneering medical marijuana activist in Washington state who went to sometimes difficult lengths to obtain the drug for the patients she ...
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Prize-winning author-critic William Gass dead at 93
Dec 07, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - William Gass, a leading experimental writer of the 1960s and '70s who went on to become an award-winning essayist and translator and an influence on many...
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Longtime horse racing figure Charles J. Cella dies at 81
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - Charles J. Cella, who helped turn Oaklawn Park into a major racing destination in the South as a third-generation president of the Arkansas track and a thoroughbred owne...
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Former SMU and NFL coach Ron Meyer dies at 76
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Ron Meyer, the football coach behind SMU's powerhouse "Pony Express" teams who later called for a snowplow to clear a spot so the New England Patrio...
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Rocker Hallyday idolized in native France, obscure elsewhere
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - When French TV crews descended on a Los Angeles hospital in 2009, American reporters didn't get it. Johnny Hallyday was hospitalized. Who's he? Only a rock ...
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The Latest: EU lauds Hallyday as cultural bridge builder
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the death of rock icon Johnny Hallyday (all times local): 12:40 p.m. A senior European Union official has lauded Johnny Hallyday as a cultural...
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Rock icon Johnny Hallyday, known as French Elvis, dies at 74
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Johnny Hallyday, France's biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his...