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Visionary British theater director Peter Hall dies at 86

By JILL LAWLESS
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Peter Hall, a visionary theater director and impresario who founded the Royal Shakespeare Company and helped build Britain's National Theatre into a produc...
Correction: Obit-Don Williams story

The Associated Press
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - In a story Sept. 8 about the death of country star Don Williams, The Associated Press misidentified the name of the group that gave Williams an a...
'Pinocchio,' 'Fantasia' animator 'X' Atencio dead at 98

By ANDREW DALTON
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Xavier "X'' Atencio, an animator behind early Disney movies including "Pinocchio" and "Fantasia" and "imagineer" behind beloved Disneyland rides like ...
Don Ohlmeyer, longtime network TV executive, dies at 72

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2017 7:00 am - INDIAN WELLS, Calif. (AP) - Don Ohlmeyer, the "Monday Night Football" producer who came up with the phrase "Must See TV" in leading NBC to the No. 1 prime-time spot, die...
US historian who spent decades in Afghanistan dies at 90

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American historian who spent decades in Afghanistan working to preserve the heritage of the war-torn country died Sunday. An Afghan governme...
'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' composer, lyricist dies at 41

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Friedman, an Obie-winning composer and lyricist known for the musicals "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" and "Love's Labour's Lost," has died. He...
Hall of Fame Blackhawks defenseman Pierre Pilote passes away at age 85

Associated PRess
Sep 10, 2017 1:00 am - Hall of Fame defenseman Pierre Pilote, a three-time Norris Trophy winner who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, has died. He was 85. Pilote passe...
Joe DeNucci, boxer and long-serving politician, dies at 78

The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - Joe DeNucci, a former world class middleweight boxing contender who became a politician and the longest-serving state auditor in Massachusetts histo...
Pierre Berge, magnate and Yves Saint Laurent's partner, dies

By ANGELA CHARLTON
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Pierre Berge, an influential French businessman, philanthropist and gay rights activist who helped build the fashion empire of his longtime lover Yves Saint...
Former Western Kentucky center Jim McDaniels dies at 69

The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Jim McDaniels, a 7-footer who led Western Kentucky to the NCAA Final Four in 1971 and ranks at or near the top of several statistical categorie...

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