Obituaries
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Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega dies at 83
May 30, 2017 7:00 am - PANAMA CITY (AP) - Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega, a onetime U.S. ally who was ousted by an American invasion in 1989, died late Monday at age 83. Panamanian ...
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Award-winning sports writer Frank Deford dies at 78
May 29, 2017 7:00 am - Frank Deford, the award-winning sports writer and commentator whose elegant reportage was a staple for years at Sports Illustrated and National Public Radio, has died. H...
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Greece: 4 days of mourning for former PM Mitsotakis
May 29, 2017 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Constantine Mitsotakis, a former Greek conservative prime minister remembered for his fierce confrontations with liberal and socialist parties as w...
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Ray Pfeifer, firefighter, voice for 9/11 health care, dies
May 29, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A retired New York City firefighter who spent months digging through debris after the Sept. 11 terror attacks, then became a key voice in fighting for he...
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Manager: Allman tried to keep playing music until the end
May 28, 2017 7:00 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - As Greg Allman neared the end of his life, he tried to maintain some privacy about what was coming. "He kept it very private because he wanted to co...
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Jim Bunning, tough pitcher, hard-nosed senator, dies at 85
May 28, 2017 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Jim Bunning was an intimidating figure as a major league pitcher and was just as hard-nosed and uncompromising as a U.S. senator. "The main qualit...
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Reaction to the death of music legend Gregg Allman
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of Southern rock music legend Gregg Allman at age 69: "IVE TRIED.WORDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE GUI GUI FOREVER, CHOOCH" - Alllman's former wife Cher, via Tw...
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Rocker Gregg Allman dies at age 69; sang and lived the blues
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - Gregg Allman, a survivor of tragedy, knew the blues musically and in a painfully personal way. Raised by a single mother after his father was shot t...
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Ex-Senate staffer: Hall of Fame pitcher Jim Bunning has died
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning, a Hall of Fame pitcher who parlayed his sports fame into a political career as an uncompromising advocate for conser...
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Reaction to the death of music legend Gregg Allman
May 27, 2017 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of Southern rock music legend Gregg Allman at age 69: "IVE TRIED.WORDS ARE IMPOSSIBLE GUI GUI FOREVER, CHOOCH" - Allman's ex-wife Cher, via Twitter...