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Earl Foreman, former Virginia Squires owner, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Jan 24, 2017 6:00 am - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Earl Foreman, the man who brought the Virginia Squires professional basketball team to Hampton Roads, has died, one of his sons said Tuesday. Stuart ...
Becker College mourns death of hockey captain Gerald Owens

The Associated Press
Jan 23, 2017 6:00 am - LEICESTER, Mass. (AP) - A Massachusetts college is mourning the death of a student who starred on the men's hockey team even after being diagnosed with cancer. Becker Co...
Influential Estonian choral composer Veljo Tormis dead at 86

By MICHAEL TARM and MATTI HUUHTANEN
Jan 23, 2017 6:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Veljo Tormis, a prolific Estonian composer whose innovative choral works helped propel his Baltic nation's drive to restore independence, has died at the...
Brenda Barnes, executive who quit to raise children, dies

The Associated Press
Jan 22, 2017 6:00 am - NAPERVILLE, Ill. (AP) - Brenda Barnes, whose decision to leave the top job at Pepsi-Cola set off a national debate about mothers in the workforce, has died at age 63. Er...
Charlie Liteky, who gave back his Medal of Honor, dies

The Associated Press
Jan 22, 2017 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Charlie Liteky, an Army chaplain in Vietnam who was awarded the Medal of Honor for rescuing more than 20 wounded men but later gave it back in prote...
Maggie Roche of The Roches sister vocal trio dies at 65

By FRAZIER MOORE
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...
Longtime Miami Herald sports columnist Edwin Pope dies at 88

By STEVEN WINE
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 ...
Wayne Barrett, tenacious NYC reporter of Trump, dead at 71

By JAKE PEARSON and HILLEL ITALIE
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...
'NCIS: Los Angeles' star Miguel Ferrer dies at 61

By FRAZIER MOORE
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...
Elusive Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor dies at 70

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
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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