Obituaries
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Joe Ford, member of Vandy's F-Troop team in 1970s, has died
Jun 22, 2017 7:00 am - PADUCAH, Ky. (AP) - Joe Ford, a member of Vanderbilt's F-Troop team that won the 1974 Southeastern Conference regular season title, has died. He was 64. The McCracken Co...
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Jerry Nelson, astronomer who built advanced telescopes, dies
Jun 22, 2017 7:00 am - SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Jerry Nelson, an astronomer who designed advanced telescopes that help scientists glimpse far reaches of the universe, has died in California. ...
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Frank Kush, coach who built ASU into powerhouse, dies at 88
Jun 22, 2017 7:00 am - TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Frank Kush, the fearsome coach who transformed Arizona State from a backwater football program into a powerhouse, died Thursday. He was 88. "Coach Ku...
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Former USGA President Sandy Tatum dies at 96
Jun 22, 2017 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Frank "Sandy" Tatum, the former U.S. Golf Association president known for difficult U.S. Open setups and a famous quote after the "Massacre at Winge...
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Pete Flynn, longtime New York Mets groundskeeper, dies at 79
Jun 22, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Flynn, a popular groundskeeper for the New York Mets who spent five decades manicuring baseball diamonds from the Polo Grounds to Citi Field, died o...
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Ivan Puhich, veteran jockey agent, dies at 89
Jun 22, 2017 7:00 am - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Ivan Puhich, a jockey's agent who represented such riders as Kentucky Derby winner Mario Gutierrez, has died. He was 89. Santa Anita officials sai...
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Former Gilberts official dies after Elgin crashJun 22, 2017 1:00 am - Longtime Gilberts resident William "Bill" Linden, a former chairman of the village's zoning board of appeals, died Monday from injuries he suffered in a two-vehicle cras...
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Soviet spymaster Yuri Drozdov dies at 91
Jun 21, 2017 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Yuri Drozdov, the Soviet spymaster who oversaw a sprawling network of KGB agents abroad, died Wednesday. He was 91. The Foreign Intelligence Service, a KGB...
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Tony DiCicco, coach of Women's World Cup champs, dies at 68
Jun 21, 2017 7:00 am - Tony DiCicco, who coached the U.S. to the 1999 World Cup title before an overflow Rose Bowl crowd in a landmark for women's soccer, has died at 68. He died Monday at his...
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The Latest: No conclusion yet on US student's cause of death
Jun 21, 2017 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - The Latest on the death of U.S. college student Otto Warmbier after months of detention in North Korea (all times local): 4:20 p.m. A coroner hasn't re...