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Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

By ROBERT JABLON
Aug 27, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous and searing, has died. He was 25. Ritvo died Tuesday mor...
Actor Marvin Kaplan, a diner patron on 'Alice,' dead at 89

The Associated Press
Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Veteran actor Marvin Kaplan has died at 89. Best known for his recurring role on the long-running sitcom "Alice," Kaplan died Friday in Burbank, Californ...
Longtime Waterloo-Cedar Falls sportswriter dies in newsroom

The Associated Press
Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says its longtime sportswriter, Jim Sullivan, has died of an apparent heart attack just after completing work on t...
Designer Sonia Rykiel, known for a relaxed style, dies at 86

By ANGELA CHARLTON
Aug 25, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Sonia Rykiel, a French designer dubbed the "queen of knitwear" whose relaxed sweaters in berry-colored stripes and eye-popping motifs helped liberate women ...
Kenyan athletics head Kiplagat dies after a long illness

The Associated Press
Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The suspended president of Athletics Kenya, Isaiah Kiplagat, has died after a long illness. He was 72. Track and field's world governing body, the ...
Former West German president Walter Scheel dies at 97

By GEIR MOULSON
Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Walter Scheel, who helped shape West Germany's policy of reconciliation with the communist bloc as foreign minister and later served as his country's presi...
Steven Hill, who played 'Law & Order' DA Schiff, dies at 94

By LYNN ELBER
Aug 23, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steven Hill, a versatile character actor in theater, films and television who achieved his greatest success late in life as grumpy District Attorney A...
Headley Bennett, sax player on Bob Marley's first song, dies

The Associated Press
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) - Saxophonist Headley Bennett, who played on "Judge Not," Bob Marley's first song, has died at age 85, his family said Monday. His daughter Carol ...
Jazz harmonica great Toots Thielemans dies at 94 in Belgium

By LORNE COOK and CHARLES J. GANS
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Belgian musician Toots Thielemans, who turned the lowly harmonica into a virtuoso jazz instrument during an illustrious career that saw him perform with ...
Filmmaker who made illustrations into moving images dies

The Associated Press
Aug 22, 2016 7:00 am - WESTON, Conn. (AP) - An Oscar-nominated filmmaker who developed a technique to transform illustrations from children's books into moving images for films has died at his...

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