Obituaries
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6-year-old English soccer mascot dies of cancer
Jul 07, 2017 7:00 am - Bradley Lowery, a soccer mascot who struck up a close friendship with England striker Jermain Defoe after being diagnosed with a rare cancer and gained fans across the s...
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Joan Lee, wife of comics legend Stan Lee, dies at age 93
Jul 06, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The wife of Marvel Comics legend Stan Lee died Thursday at age 93. Lee and his family released a statement saying Joan Lee died peacefully Thursday mo...
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Actress who played British TV witch Grotbags dies
Jul 06, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Carol Lee Scott, the actress best-known for entertaining British children on television as the colorful TV witch Grotbags, has died. She was 74. The entert...
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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...