Obituaries
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Maggie Roche of The Roches sister vocal trio dies at 65
Jan 21, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Maggie Roche, the folk-rock singer-songwriter who since the mid-1970s had performed and recorded as a trio and in pairs with her two sisters, has died. R...
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Longtime Miami Herald sports columnist Edwin Pope dies at 88
Jan 20, 2017 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Edwin Pope, an award-winning sports columnist who covered the first 47 Super Bowls and spent more than 50 years with the Miami Herald, has died at 88. Pope ...
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Wayne Barrett, tenacious NYC reporter of Trump, dead at 71
Jan 19, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Investigative reporter Wayne Barrett, a scourge of New York City power brokers from Rudolph Giuliani to Michael Bloomberg during a decades-long career wi...
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'NCIS: Los Angeles' star Miguel Ferrer dies at 61
Jan 19, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Miguel Ferrer, who brought stern authority to his featured role on CBS' hit "NCIS: Los Angeles" and, before that, to NBC crime drama "Crossing Jordan," h...
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Elusive Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor dies at 70
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - William Onyeabor, the elusive and influential Nigerian musician who pioneered a stuttering style of electronic funk during the '70s and '80s before retreating from music...
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Jean Argetsinger, pillar of US road racing, dies at 97
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Jean Argetsinger, the matriarch of early American road racing and a leader in the creation of the International Motor Racing Research Center, h...
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William Hilliard, former Oregonian editor, dies at 89
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - William A. Hilliard, who became the first black reporter at The Oregonian newspaper and later its editor in a pioneering 42-year career, has died a...
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Ex-Yugo general Trifunovic, symbol of senseless war, dies
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Former Yugoslav army general Vlado Trifunovic, whose treason conviction by Serbia's wartime nationalist leadership became a symbol of the sensele...
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Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Astronaut Gene Cernan traced his only child's initials in the dust of the lunar surface. Then he climbed into the lunar module for the ride home, becoming...
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Nicodemo Scarfo, ex-Philadelphia mob boss, dies in prison
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, has died at a federal m...