Obituaries
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NBC boss, 'Mary Tyler Moore Show' producer Tinker dies
Nov 30, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Grant Tinker, who brought new polish to the TV world and beloved shows including "Hill Street Blues" to the audience as both a producer and a network bos...
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'Hawaii Five-O' actor Keo Woolford dies at 49 after stroke
Nov 30, 2016 6:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - "Hawaii Five-O" actor Keo Woolford has died three days after suffering a stroke. He was 49. Publicist Tracy Larrua announced Woolford's death on social m...
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Southern photographer William Christenberry dies at 80
Nov 30, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - William Christenberry, an artist renowned for photographs of crumbling buildings and rusty cars that captured the decay of the rural South, has died. H...
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Longtime Elvis Presley aide Joe Esposito dies at 78
Nov 29, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Joe Esposito, a former road manager for Elvis Presley and a longtime member of the Presley inner circle known as "The Memphis Mafia," has died at age ...
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Tony-winner Fritz Weaver, TV and Broadway star, dies at 90
Nov 28, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Award-winning character actor Fritz Weaver, who played Sherlock Holmes and Shakespearian kings on Broadway while also creating memorable roles on TV...
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Fruit of the Loom CEO dies at age 68
Nov 28, 2016 6:00 am - BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Fruit of the Loom Inc. says Rick Medlin, its president and CEO for the past six years, has died. He was 68. The company announced in a statemen...
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Tony Martell, music exec, leukemia foundation founder, dies
Nov 28, 2016 6:00 am - MADISON, N.J. (AP) - A music executive who founded the industry's largest foundation for leukemia, cancer and AIDS research has died. Tony Martell was 90 years old. The ...
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SIU student from Aurora dies in Carbondale fireNov 28, 2016 12:00 am - A couple of sticks were enough to set the creative minds of childhood best friends Ryan Rambow and Alex Kierstead in motion. The pair grew up two houses down from each ...
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Correction: Obit-Henderson story
Nov 27, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a story Nov. 25 about (topic), The Associated Press reported erroneously that Florence Henderson had a role in the musical "Wish You Were There." T...
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Prominent German conservative Peter Hintze dies at 66
Nov 27, 2016 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Peter Hintze, a deputy speaker of Germany's Parliament who was close to Chancellor Angela Merkel, has died. He was 66. Merkel's conservative Christian Demo...