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Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko dies in Oklahoma

By KEN MILLER
Apr 01, 2017 7:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Acclaimed Russian poet Yevgeny A. Yevtushenko, whose work focused on war atrocities and denounced anti-Semitism and tyrannical dictators, has died. ...
William Coleman, lawyer, ex-Cabinet member, died

By JEFF HORWITZ
Apr 01, 2017 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - William T. Coleman Jr., a civil rights lawyer from Philadelphia who prevailed in several landmark Supreme Court cases, broke a number of racial barrier...
Artist James Rosenquist, a key pop art figure, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Apr 01, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Artist James Rosenquist, a key figure in the pop art movement, has died. He was 83. Rosenquist's wife, Mimi Thompson, told The New York Times (http://nyt...
Artist Julian Stanczak dies at 88

The Associated Press
Mar 31, 2017 7:00 am - SEVEN HILLS, Ohio (AP) - Julian Stanczak, an artist known worldwide for his brightly colored, geometric Op art, has died. He was 88. Stanczak died March 25 at his home i...
Amaro Sr., gold glove shortstop for Phillies, dies at 81

The Associated Press
Mar 31, 2017 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Ruben Amaro Sr., a gold glove shortstop for the Philadelphia Phillies in the 1960s, has died. He was 81. The Phillies said Amaro died Friday in Miami...
Francine Wilson, subject of major spousal abuse case, dies

By COREY WILLIAMS
Mar 31, 2017 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Francine Wilson, whose trial for killing her abusive husband became a landmark spousal abuse case and the subject of the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed," ...
Elgin woman remembered for lifelong passion for teaching

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Mar 31, 2017 1:00 am - Former Elgin schoolteacher Kathleen Ann Turnquist, a lifelong advocate for students with developmental disabilities, died Tuesday after a six-month battle with cancer. T...
Stand up to Cancer co-founder Noreen Fraser dies at 63

The Associated Press
Mar 30, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Noreen Fraser, a TV producer whose own cancer diagnosis turned her into an activist against the disease, has died. She was 63. Fraser died Monday at h...
Trainer and Monmouth Park official Daniel Dufford dies

The Associated Press
Mar 29, 2017 7:00 am - OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Thoroughbred trainer and Monmouth Park racing official Daniel Dufford has died. The racetrack announced his death Wednesday, a day after Dufford d...
Duke, who drove expansion of NCAA Tournament, dies at 88

By JIM O'CONNELL
Mar 29, 2017 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Wayne Duke, who was a driving force behind the expansion of the NCAA men's basketball tournament during his 18 years as commissioner of the Big Ten, has d...

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