Obituaries
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Winningest UConn hockey coach, Bruce Marshall, dies at 54
Oct 16, 2016 7:00 am - STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The former longtime head coach of the Connecticut Huskies ice hockey team, who transitioned them to Division I status, has died. Bruce Marshall was ...
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Fred Slaughter, who led UCLA to 1st NCAA hoops title, dies
Oct 15, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fred Slaughter, who helped UCLA win its first NCAA basketball championship as a senior under coach John Wooden in 1964, has died. He was 74. The schoo...
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Thailand's revered king dies after 70 years on throne
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - In an age when most of the world's blue bloods cut ribbons and meekly approved whatever their governments proposed, the 70-year reign of Thailand's King B...
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Nobel laureate Dario Fo, who mocked politics, religion, dies
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian playwright Dario Fo, whose energetic mocking of Italian political life, social mores and religion won him praise, scorn and the Nobel Prize for Liter...
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Patricia Barry, daytime TV and film actress, dies at 93
Oct 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Patricia Barry, a mainstay of daytime television who appeared on "Days of Our Lives," ''Guiding Light" and "All My Children," has died. She was 93. Barry...
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'Martin' actor Thomas Ford dies at age 52
Oct 12, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Thomas Ford, the actor who played Martin Lawrence's best friend Tommy Strawn on the hit '90s sitcom "Martin," died Wednesday in Atlanta. He was 52. The ac...
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Former Round Lake village clerk was known for her kind demeanorOct 12, 2016 5:20 am - As a familiar presence in the Round Lake area, Lillian Mary Frost was known for her lively demeanor. "She was an amazing woman. Everything came from her heart," said Peg...
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A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love," has died...
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Boy who was 'Lost on a Mountain in Maine' dies at 90
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Donn Fendler, who as a boy survived nine days alone on Maine's tallest mountain in 1939 and later wrote a book about the ordeal, has died at 90. F...
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Boxing great Aaron Pryor, who battled Arguello, dies at 60
Oct 09, 2016 7:00 am - Aaron Pryor, the relentless junior welterweight who fought two memorable bouts with Alexis Arguello, died Sunday. He was 60. Pryor's family issued a statement saying the...