Obituaries
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Gene Conley, MLB and NBA champion, dies at 86
Jul 05, 2017 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Gene Conley, one of the only players in history to win championships in two major professional sports, has died. He was 86. The Boston Red Sox, for whom Co...
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Russian author Daniil Granin dies at 98
Jul 05, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Daniil Granin, a Russian author who wrote a chronicle of the Nazi siege of Leningrad and several widely popular novels, has died. He was 98. Granin, a Worl...
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Pope John Paul II's longtime spokesman dies at age 80
Jul 05, 2017 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Joaquin Navarro-Valls, a suave, silver-haired Spaniard who was a close confidant of Pope John Paul II, serving for more than two decades as chief Vatican spo...
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Prince's former drummer dies at 43 in Florida
Jul 04, 2017 7:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - One of Prince's drummers, 43-year-old John Blackwell Jr., has died in Florida. Blackwell's wife, Yaritza Blackwell, said in a post Tuesday on his offi...
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Comic TV and film actor, Paolo Villaggio, 84, dies in Rome
Jul 03, 2017 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Paolo Villaggio, a comic actor whose invented workplace characters interpreted Italians' foibles, died Monday in Rome at 84. His children said Villaggio had ...
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Actress and internet star Stevie Ryan dead at 33
Jul 03, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stevie Ryan, an actress and comedian who gained fame with impersonations of celebrities on YouTube, has died. She was 33. Los Angeles County coroner's...
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Elgin mental health advocate dies at 62Jul 03, 2017 1:00 am - Compassionate, funny, dedicated and a visionary. That's how colleagues describe Lisa LaForge, an Elgin advocate for mental health services for children and families. LaF...
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Former Greek Olympic Committee President Minos Kyriakou dies
Jul 02, 2017 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Greek media mogul Minos Kyriakou, a former president of the country's Olympic Committee, has died. He was 75. Kyriakou died Sunday of a heart attac...
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Famed tennis photographer Russ Adams dies at 86
Jul 01, 2017 7:00 am - NEWPORT, R.I. (AP) - Acclaimed tennis photographer Russ Adams has died after chronicling the sport for more than 50 years. He was 86. The International Tennis Hall of Fa...
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Montpellier president Nicollin dies, helped club win title
Jun 29, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Montpellier president Louis Nicollin, who helped to produce one of the biggest upsets in French football when his unfashionable club won the league in 2012,...