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Fyvush Finkel, plastic-faced character actor, dead at 93

By MARK KENNEDY
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Fyvush Finkel, the plastic-faced Emmy Award-winning character actor whose career in stage and screen started in Yiddish theater and led to memorabl...
Choo Choo Coleman, member of original Mets, dies at 80

The Associated Press
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Clarence "Choo-Choo" Coleman, a catcher on the expansion 1962 Mets who spent four seasons in the major leagues with New York and the Philadelphia Phillie...
Barbara Gibb, mother of Bee Gees' Gibb brothers, dies at 95

The Associated Press
Aug 14, 2016 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Barbara Gibb, mother of the Gibb brothers whose music with the Bee Gees and solo projects sold tens of millions of records, has died. She was 95. Lori Lousa...
Renowned New Orleans sports writer Peter Finney dead at 88

The Associated Press
Aug 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Peter Finney, a sports writer whose award-winning career in New Orleans spanned nearly 70 years, died Saturday at the age of 88. His death was confirm...
Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in 'Star Wars,' dead at 81

By JILL LAWLESS
Aug 13, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Kenny Baker played the lovable droid R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" films, achieving cult status and fans' adulation without showing his face or speaking any lin...
Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in 'Star Wars,' dies at 81

By Jill Lawless Associated Press
Aug 13, 2016 1:00 am - LONDON - Kenny Baker played the lovable droid R2-D2 in the "Star Wars" films, achieving cult status and fans' adulation without showing his face or speaking any lines. T...
Ruby Wilson, 'The Queen of Beale Street,' dies in Memphis

The Associated Press
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Ruby Wilson, the blues, soul and gospel singer known as "The Queen of Beale Street," died Friday, her manager said. She was 68. Rollin Riggs, a par...
Limeliters folk singer Glenn Yarbrough dies at 86

By DERRIK J. LANG
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Glenn Yarbrough, a founding member of folk trio The Limeliters, has died. He was 86. The folk singer's daughter, Holly Yarbrough Burnett, says he died...
John Steinbeck's son, fellow author Thomas Steinbeck, dies

By JOHN ROGERS
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Thomas Steinbeck, the eldest son of Nobel Prize-winning author John Steinbeck and a prominent author and screenwriter in his own right, died Thursday ...
'Star Trek: Deep Space Nine' actor Barry Jenner dead at 75

The Associated Press
Aug 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Barry Jenner, who appeared regularly on shows such as "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and "Family Matters," has died. He was 75. Jenner died Monday in Los A...

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