Obituaries
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Clarification: Obit-Times Square Kiss Woman story
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Sept. 10 on the death of Greta Zimmer Friedman, The Associated Press reported that she was the nurse depicted in a photo kissing sailor George...
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Transgender actress Alexis Arquette has died at 47
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alexis Arquette, the transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmond and Patricia Arquette, died early Sunday morning in ...
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Woman in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 92
Sep 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The woman in an iconic photo shown kissing an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. Greta Zimmer Friedman was 92....
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Eddie Antar, owner of Crazy Eddie retail chain, dead at 68
Sep 11, 2016 7:00 am - OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The man who turned the Crazy Eddie electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. Eddie Anta...
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Daily Herald columnist Paul Green recalled as 'Chicago political legend'Sep 11, 2016 1:00 am - Civic leaders, scholars and political heavyweights are mourning the death of Paul Michael Green, frequent Daily Herald columnist, professor of public administration and ...
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Frank Masley, a 3-time US Olympian in luge, dies at 56
Sep 10, 2016 7:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Frank Masley, a three-time Olympian and the first Olympic flagbearer in U.S. luge history, died Saturday after a fight with cancer. He was 56. US...
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South African tenor Johan Botha dies at age 51
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - VIENNA (AP) - Tenor Johan Botha, whose light but muscular voice dazzled audiences at the world's top operatic stages in a wide range of roles, died Thursday in Vienna. H...
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Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon dies at 64
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - LAKE ELSINORE, Calif. (AP) - Hall of Fame boxer Bobby Chacon died Wednesday under hospice care for dementia. He was 64. Riverside County coroner's Sgt. Brent Seacrest sa...
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John Hostetter, 'Murphy Brown' actor, dead at 69
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Hostetter, an actor, painter and musician best known for playing the steady stage manager in "Murphy Brown," has died. Hostetter died Sept. 2 of com...
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Lady Chablis, transgender 'Midnight' star, dies in Savannah
Sep 08, 2016 7:00 am - SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) - The Lady Chablis, the transgender performer who became an unlikely celebrity for her role in the 1994 best-seller "Midnight in the Garden of Good an...