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John Ashbery, celebrated and challenging poet, dies at 90

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 03, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Ashbery, an enigmatic giant of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling ...
Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist, Walter Becker dies at 67

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 03, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A rock and roll fan with a penchant for harmony and obtuse references, Walter Becker, the guitarist, bassist and co-founder of the 1970s rock group St...
5 notable Steely Dan songs to remember Walter Becker

By The Associated Press
Sep 03, 2017 7:00 am - Steely Dan co-founder, guitarist and bassist Walter Becker died Sunday at the age of 67, leaving an extensive catalog of memorable hits. Here are a few of the band's mos...
Rick Freeman, former editor on AP's sports desk in NY, dies

By NOAH TRISTER
Sep 01, 2017 7:00 am - Rick Freeman, a congenial editor whose sense of humor made him a welcome tone setter in a veteran newsroom during his 15 years with the New York sports department of The...
Shelley Berman, comedian-bard of everyday life, has died

By FRAZIER MOORE
Sep 01, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Comedian Shelley Berman, who won gold records and appeared on top television shows in the 1950s and 1960s delivering wry monologues about the annoyances ...
Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor dies of cancer at 85

By GREGORY KATZ and CAROLINE SPIEZIO
Sep 01, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O'Connor, the former Roman Catholic archbishop of Westminster in England, died Friday after a battle with cancer. He was 85. The cur...
Co-founder of political party that launched Sanders dies

The Associated Press
Aug 31, 2017 7:00 am - DUMMERSTON, Vt. (AP) - Political activist Peter Diamondstone, who helped found the Vermont political party that first launched Bernie Sanders for office in the 1970s, ha...
Richard Anderson, popular TV actor, dies at 91

By JOHN ROGERS
Aug 31, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard Anderson, the tall, handsome actor best known for costarring simultaneously in the popular 1970s television shows "The Six Million Dollar Man"...
Susan Vreeland, who blended fiction, visual art, dies at 71

By HILLEL ITALIE
Aug 31, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Susan Vreeland, a popular and well-regarded novelist who blended her love for literature and visual art in "Girl in Hyacinth Blue" and other works of fic...
Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova to '85 NCAA title, dies

By TIM REYNOLDS
Aug 30, 2017 7:00 am - WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Rollie Massimino, who led Villanova's storied run to the 1985 NCAA championship and won more than 800 games in his coaching career, died Wed...

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