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longtime Stanford sports announcer Bob Murphy dies

The Associated Press
Aug 23, 2017 7:00 am - SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Bob Murphy, the longtime voice of Stanford University sports who brought a folksy sense of community to his commentary for more than four decad...
British science fiction writer Brian Aldiss dies at 92

The Associated Press
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...
Thomas Meehan, Tony-winning story writer of 'Annie,' dies

By MARK KENNEDY
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...
Tony de Brum, global voice for fighting climate change, dies

By NICK PERRY
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...
Hall of Fame baseball announcer Rafael 'Felo' Ramirez dies

By FREIDA FRISARO and ADRIAN SAINZ
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...
Ex-Kosovo PM Bajram Rexhepi dies after a stroke at 63

The Associated Press
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...
Legendary comedian Jerry Lewis knew how to laugh and cry

By HILLEL ITALIE
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...
Rockabilly pioneer Sonny Burgess dies in Arkansas at 88

The Associated Press
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...
Jerry Lewis, Hollywood survivor, showman, dies at 91

By CHRISTY LEMIRE
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...
Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies at 84

By DAISY NGUYEN
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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