Obituaries
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Colin Meads, greatest All Black of 20th century, dies at 81
Aug 19, 2017 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Colin Meads, a famously tough All Blacks lock hailed as New Zealand's greatest rugby player of the 20th century, has died after a year-lon...
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Bruce Forsyth, veteran British TV host and entertainer, dies
Aug 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Forsyth, a legendary entertainer, host and quizmaster on English television whose career spanned the history of TV, has died. The BBC announced tha...
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'Predator' actor Sonny Landham dead at 76
Aug 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sonny Landham, the muscular action-movie actor who co-starred in "Predator" and "48 Hrs," has died. He was 76. Landham's sister, Dawn Boehler, said the a...
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Legendary Prospect basketball coach set the bar highAug 18, 2017 1:00 am - Dick Kinneman, the first boys basketball coach at Prospect High School, set the bar high and created a legacy that is remembered some 50 years later. The North Barringto...
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Hawkins, star at Notre Dame, worked for Dodgers, dies at 80
Aug 17, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tommy Hawkins, the first black basketball player to earn All-America honors at Notre Dame and who played for the Los Angeles Lakers during a 10-year N...
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Neuroscientist who studied Einstein's brain dies at 90
Aug 17, 2017 7:00 am - OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Marian Cleeves Diamond, a neuroscientist who studied Albert Einstein's brain and was one of the first to show that the brain can improve with enri...
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Acclaimed modernist architect Gunnar Birkerts dies at 92
Aug 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEEDHAM, Mass. (AP) - Gunnar Birkerts, an internationally acclaimed modernist architect who designed buildings including the Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis, the Cor...
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Reds executive Gene Bennett dies at age 89
Aug 16, 2017 7:00 am - PORTSMOUTH, Ohio (AP) - Gene Bennett, who was with the Cincinnati Reds organization for more than 60 years as a scout and executive, died Wednesday. He was 89. Bennett b...
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Neil Chayet, of 'Looking at the Law' radio fame, dies
Aug 16, 2017 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - A lawyer who entertained U.S. radio listeners with brief tales of interesting court cases has died. Neil Chayet was 78. Chayet's family says he died Friday...
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Country music matriarch Jo Walker-Meador dies at 93
Aug 16, 2017 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Jo Walker-Meador, a matriarch of country music who led the Country Music Association for nearly three decades, has died. She was 93. She died Tue...