Obituaries
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PBS journalist Gwen Ifill dies of cancer
Nov 14, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Gwen Ifill, co-anchor of PBS' "NewsHour" with Judy Woodruff and a veteran journalist who moderated two vice presidential debates, died Monday of cancer, ...
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Rocker Leon Russell dies in Nashville
Nov 13, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Leon Russell, who performed, sang and produced some of rock 'n' roll's top records, has died. He was 74. Russell's wife, Jan Bridges, said in a s...
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Italian free diver Enzo Maiorca dies, age 85, in Sicily
Nov 13, 2016 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Enzo Maiorca, a legend in free diving, died on Sunday in his native Sicily. He was 85. Giancarlo Garozzo, mayor of Syracuse in Sicily, said Maiorca died ther...
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Canadian golfer Dawn Coe-Jones dies after battle with cancer
Nov 12, 2016 6:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Dawn Coe-Jones, the Canadian Golf Hall of Famer who won three times on the LPGA Tour, died Saturday after an eight-month battle with cancer. She was 5...
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Gravelly-voiced singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at 82
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like "Hallelujah," ''Suzanne"...
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Bill Stanfill, starred for Georgia and Dolphins, dies at 69
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Bill Stanfill, who was voted the nation's top college lineman at Georgia and starred on two Super Bowl-winning teams with the Miami Dolphins, has died...
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'Hallelujah' Singer-Songwriter Leonard Cohen dead at age 82
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonard Cohen, the baritone-voiced Canadian singer-songwriter who seamlessly blended spirituality and sexuality in songs like "Hallelujah," ''Suzanne"...
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Robert Vaughn, suave 'Man from UNCLE' star, dies at 83
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Vaughn, the debonair, Oscar-nominated actor whose many film roles were eclipsed by his hugely popular turn in television's "The Man From U.N.C.L.E...
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Clarence M. Ditlow III, long-time auto safety advocate, dies
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Clarence M. Ditlow III, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety whose work over four decades forced the auto industry to make important sa...
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Italian oncologist seen as a father of cancer research dies
Nov 09, 2016 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Umberto Veronesi, an Italian oncologist, former health minister and senator widely respected for his work on preventing and treating breast cancer, has died...