Obituaries
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Pat DiNizio, lead singer of Smithereens, dead at 62
Dec 13, 2017 6:00 am - SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. (AP) - Pat DiNizio, who as lead singer and songwriter for the New Jersey band the Smithereens blended pop, rock and New Wave music for such hits as "...
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Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader Shteinman dies at 104
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the spiritual leader of Israel's non-Hasidic ultra-Orthodox Jews of European descent and one of the country's most influent...
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Former NHL defenseman Zarley Zalapski dead at 49
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Former NHL defenseman Zarley Zalapski has died at age 49, according to the Calgary Flames. No cause of death was given. Zalapski, a native of Edm...
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Ex-US deserter to NKorea who married Japanese abductee dies
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Charles Jenkins, a U.S. Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has died. He was 77. Jenkins wa...
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Bruce Brown, whose 'Endless Summer' redefined surfing, dies
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary "The Endless Summer" molded the image of the surfer as a seeker of adventure and fulfillment and transform...
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Roy Reed, Times reporter who covered civil rights, dies
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Roy Reed, who covered key events during the civil rights movement for The New York Times before returning to his native Arkansas to write and t...
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Former pro BMX rider Kevin 'K-Rob' Robinson dies at age 45
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Kevin "K-Rob" Robinson, a former professional BMX rider who set a world record for the longest power-assisted bicycle backflip, has died. He was ...
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Vera Katz, who helped turn Portland into hipster haven, dies
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Vera Katz, a Jewish refugee who was elected to three terms as Portland's mayor and helped transform it from a sleepy backwater into a trendy city k...
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Celebrity publicist Clifford dies during sex crimes sentence
Dec 10, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Disgraced celebrity publicist Max Clifford, a confidant to the stars who fell from grace amid Britain's investigation of past sexual abuse, died Sunday aft...
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Pioneering black journalist Simeon Booker dies at age 99
Dec 10, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Simeon Booker, a trail-blazing African-American journalist and the first full-time black reporter at The Washington Post, died Sunday at the age of 99....