Obituaries
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Edith Windsor remembered as 'great' pioneer for gay rights
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Love made Edith Windsor a married woman. Widowhood made her a gay rights pioneer. Facing a big tax bill after the death of her first spouse, Windsor took...
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Late GOP Sen. Domenici had close immigration link _ his mom
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Pete Domenici, the longest-serving senator from the most Hispanic state in the United States, kept his family's immigration experience private f...
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Longest serving New Mexico senator leaves bipartisan legacy
Sep 13, 2017 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Pete V. Domenici, the son of Italian immigrants who rose to become a power broker in the U.S. Senate, died Wednesday in New Mexico. The Republic...
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Edith Windsor, who helped end gay marriage ban, dies at 88
Sep 12, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Edith Windsor, a gay rights pioneer whose landmark Supreme Court case struck down parts of a federal anti-gay-marriage law and paved a path toward legali...
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Visionary British theater director Peter Hall dies at 86
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...
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Correction: Obit-Don Williams story
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...
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'Pinocchio,' 'Fantasia' animator 'X' Atencio dead at 98
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 ...
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Don Ohlmeyer, longtime network TV executive, dies at 72
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...
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US historian who spent decades in Afghanistan dies at 90
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...
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'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' composer, lyricist dies at 41
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...