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Harvey Atkin, who played Morty in 'Meatballs,' dies at 74

The Associated Press
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harvey Atkin, the Canadian actor who played the summer camp director Morty in "Meatballs," has died. He was 74. Atkin's longtime agent Larry Goldhar said...
Walmart class-action suit plaintiff dies in California

By KRISTIN J. BENDER
Jul 18, 2017 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The Walmart greeter who took the retail giant all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court in the largest gender bias class-action lawsuit in U.S. history ...
Clarification: France-Obit-Veil story

The Associated Press
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - In the June 30 obituary for French political icon Simone Veil, The Associated Press reported that a Polish woman who helped run the Nazi camp at Auschwitz h...
Oscar-winning actor Martin Landau dies at 89

By DAISY NGUYEN
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Martin Landau, the chameleon-like actor who gained fame as the crafty master of disguise in the 1960s TV show "Mission: Impossible," then capped a lon...
Former Kentucky player Jerry Bird dies

The Associated Press
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - CORBIN, Ky. (AP) - Former Kentucky basketball player Jerry Bird, who was a member of the school's Athletics Hall of Fame and had his No. 22 jersey retired to the Rupp Ar...
George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 17, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devour...
George A. Romero, father of the zombie film, is dead at 77

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Romero, whose classic "Night of the Living Dead" and other horror films turned zombie movies into social commentaries and who saw his flesh-devour...
Bob Wolff, versatile and longtime sportscaster, dies at 96

The Associated Press
Jul 16, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Wolff, the only sportscaster to call play-by-play of championships in all four major North American professional team sports, has died. He was 96. So...
Only woman to win math equivalent of Nobel Prize dies

The Associated Press
Jul 15, 2017 7:00 am - STANFORD, Calif. (AP) - Maryam Mirzakhani, a Stanford University professor who was the first and only woman to win the prestigious Fields Medal in mathematics, has died....
Fresh Kid Ice of 2 Live Crew dies in Miami at age 53

By JENNIFER KAY
Jul 14, 2017 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Christopher Wong Won, a founding member of the Miami hip-hop group 2 Live Crew whose sexually explicit lyrics triggered a national debate over the legal lim...

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