Obituaries
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Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau dies at 76
Feb 12, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Grammy-winning jazz singer Al Jarreau, who transcended genres over a 50-year career, died at a Los Angeles hospital Sunday, just days after announcing his ...
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'Band of Brothers' veteran Edward Tipper dies in Colorado
Feb 12, 2017 6:00 am - LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Edward Tipper, a World War II paratrooper who was portrayed in the HBO series "Band of Brothers," has died. He was 95. He died Feb. 1 in the Denve...
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Detroit Tigers, Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch dies at age 87
Feb 11, 2017 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Billionaire businessman Mike Ilitch, who founded the Little Caesars pizza empire before buying the Detroit Red Wings and Detroit Tigers, won praise for ke...
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Boscov's chairman Albert Boscov dies at 87
Feb 11, 2017 6:00 am - READING, Pa. (AP) - Albert Boscov, chairman of a century-old department store chain, has died. He was 87. Boscov's CEO and vice chairman Jim Boscov said in a statement t...
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Ajax winger Piet Keizer, star of 1970s team, dies at age 73
Feb 11, 2017 6:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Ajax winger Piet Keizer, part of the front line that took the Amsterdam team to the summit of world club football in the early 1970s, has d...
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Lt. Gen. Hal Moore dies; depicted in film 'We Were Soldiers'
Feb 11, 2017 6:00 am - Retired Lt. Gen. Harold G. "Hal" Moore, the American hero known for saving most of his men in the first major battle between the U.S. and North Vietnamese armies, has di...
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New York man who completed 744 marathons dies at age 96
Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am - ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) - Don McNelly, known worldwide for powering through marathon runs and running up record totals into his 70s and 80s, has died. A retired paper compa...
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Bosnian Serb convicted of genocide in Srebrenica dies
Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Ljubisa Beara, a former senior Bosnian Serb security officer convicted of genocide by a U.N. war crimes tribunal for the 1995 Srebrenica massacre, has died...
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Detroit Tigers, Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch dies at age 87
Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Billionaire businessman Mike Ilitch, who founded the Little Caesars pizza empire before buying the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers, and won prais...
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Barbara Gelb, Eugene O'Neill biographer, dead at 91
Feb 09, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Gelb, an author and journalist who with her husband Arthur Gelb collaborated on three extensive books about playwright Eugene O'Neill, has died. ...