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Film historian and author Betty Lasky dies at 94

The Associated Press
Jan 13, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Film historian and author Betty Lasky has died. She was 94. Lasky's longtime friend Mark Penn said Thursday that Lasky died Saturday in Los Angeles fr...
Ex-Playboy executive Victor Lownes dies at 88

By JILL LAWLESS
Jan 13, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Victor Lownes, a former executive of Playboy who helped forge the brand's hedonistic ethos and put much of the swing into the "Swinging London" era, has di...
Jerusalem Post says former chief editor Ari Rath dead at 92

The Associated Press
Jan 13, 2017 6:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Former Jerusalem Post chief editor Ari Rath, who advocated the peaceful coexistence of Israelis and Palestinians, died Friday in Vienna at 92, the paper sa...
Lord Snowdon, ex-husband of Princess Margaret, dies at 86

By GREGORY KATZ
Jan 13, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Lord Snowdon, the society photographer and filmmaker who married Britain's Princess Margaret and continued to mix in royal circles even after their divorce...
'Exorcist' author William Peter Blatty dead at 89

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 13, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Novelist and filmmaker William Peter Blatty, a former Jesuit school valedictorian who conjured a tale of demonic possession and gave millions the fright ...
Canadian 'SNL' and 'SCTV' alum Tony Rosato dies at age 62

The Associated Press
Jan 12, 2017 6:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Canadian actor Tony Rosato has died at age 62. He was a veteran of comedy shows including "Saturday Night Live" and Canada's homegrown "SCTV." Rosato's fo...
Anderlecht, New York Cosmos player Van der Elst dies at 62

The Associated Press
Jan 12, 2017 6:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Francois "Swat" Van der Elst, who won club titles in Belgium and the United States and made it to the 1980 European Championship final with the Belgian n...
Former England coach Graham Taylor dies at 72

By ROB HARRIS
Jan 12, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Graham Taylor, the England coach derided for failing to qualify for the 1994 World Cup after flourishing as a club manager working for pop star Elton John,...
'No dark secrets,' says father of Lake in the Hills murder-suicide victims

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Jan 12, 2017 12:00 am - There were "no dark secrets or anything like that," Luis Garcia said Thursday of the tragic death of his two young children at the hands of his wife. A makeshift memoria...
Journalist Clare Hollingworth, who broke news of WW II, dies

By KELVIN CHAN
Jan 10, 2017 6:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - As German tanks encircled the Polish town of Katowice, rookie British newspaper reporter Clare Hollingworth picked up the phone and dialed the British E...

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