Obituaries
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Soul singer Charles Bradley dead at 68
Sep 23, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Charles Bradley, known as the "Screaming Eagle of Soul" for a powerful, raspy style that evoked one of his musical heroes, James Brown, died Saturday at ...
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Former leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mahdi Akef dies at 89
Sep 22, 2017 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Former leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group Mahdi Akef, who had been detained since 2013, has died of complications from cancer and other hea...
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Bernie Casey, pro football player turned actor, dies
Sep 21, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bernie Casey, a professional football player turned poet, painter and actor known for parts in films such as "Revenge of the Nerds" and "I'm Gonna Git...
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L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt dies at age 94
Sep 21, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Liliane Bettencourt, the L'Oreal cosmetics heiress and the world's richest woman, has died at her home in a chic Parisian suburb. She was 94. Bettencourt's ...
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Sports car owner-driver Bruce Leven dies at 79
Sep 21, 2017 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Bruce Leven, a self-made businessman whose sports car race teams won the Twelve Hours of Sebring three times in the 1980s, has died at 79. Leven died Sept...
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Lillian Ross, longtime New Yorker writer, dead at 99
Sep 20, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lillian Ross, the ever-watchful New Yorker reporter whose close narrative style defined a memorable and influential 70-year career, including a revealing...
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Allman Brothers producer Johnny Sandlin dead at 72
Sep 20, 2017 7:00 am - DECATUR, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama musician and recording engineer who produced songs for groups including the Allman Brothers Band has died. A funeral home obituary says J...
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Jake LaMotta, boxer who inspired 'Raging Bull,' dies at 95
Sep 20, 2017 7:00 am - Jake LaMotta, an iron-fisted battler who brawled his way to a middleweight title and was later memorialized by Robert De Niro in the film "Raging Bull," has died. He was...
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Stanislav Petrov, who averted nuclear war, dies at 77
Sep 19, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Stanislav Petrov, a former Soviet military officer known in the West as "the man who saved the world" for his role in averting a nuclear war over a false m...
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Former UPI executive sports editor Joe Carnicelli dies at 75
Sep 19, 2017 7:00 am - MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Joe Carnicelli, the executive sports editor for United Press International in the 1970s and '80s who also covered boxing and the NFL, has died. He was...