Obituaries
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British science fiction writer Brian Aldiss dies at 92
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Brian Aldiss, one of the most prolific and influential science fiction writers of the 20th century, has died aged 92. Literary agency Curtis Brown said Ald...
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Thomas Meehan, Tony-winning story writer of 'Annie,' dies
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three-time Tony Award-winning book writer Thomas Meehan, best known for transforming the Little Orphan Annie cartoon strip into the smash Broadway musica...
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Tony de Brum, global voice for fighting climate change, dies
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Tony de Brum saw the effects of rising seas from his home in the Marshall Islands and became a leading advocate for the landmark Paris Agr...
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Hall of Fame baseball announcer Rafael 'Felo' Ramirez dies
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Rafael "Felo" Ramirez, a Hall of Fame baseball radio broadcaster who was the signature voice for millions of Spanish-speaking sports fans over three decades...
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Ex-Kosovo PM Bajram Rexhepi dies after a stroke at 63
Aug 21, 2017 7:00 am - PRISTINA, Kosovo (AP) - Bajram Rexhepi, Kosovo's former prime minister and interior minister, has died in a hospital in Turkey following a stroke. He was 63. Prime Minis...
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Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis knew how to laugh and cry
Aug 21, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Lewis sometimes didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "There's nothing more dramatic than the comedy I've done," Lewis, who died Sunday at age 91, t...
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Rockabilly pioneer Sonny Burgess dies in Arkansas at 88
Aug 21, 2017 7:00 am - NEWPORT, Ark. (AP) - Albert "Sonny" Burgess, who was an early pioneer of what became known as rockabilly music, has died in his native Arkansas. The Dillinger Funeral Ho...
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Jerry Lewis, Hollywood survivor, showman, dies at 91
Aug 21, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Lewis epitomized what it meant to be a survivor in Hollywood. Through ups and downs in popularity, health troubles and weight fluctuations and t...
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Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies at 84
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutriti...
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Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host dies, at 91
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-con...