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Egyptian chemist Zewail, Noble prize-winner, dies at 70

The Associated Press
Aug 02, 2016 7:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Ahmed Zewail, a science adviser to President Obama who won the 1999 Nobel Prize for his work on the study of chemical reactions over immensely sh...
German-Jewish writer Angelika Schrobsdorff dies at age 88

The Associated Press
Aug 02, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The German-Jewish writer Angelika Schrobsdorff, whose bestselling works included a book about her mother growing up in Germany and then having to flee when...
Veteran Associated Press editor, mentor Carol Druga dies

By GREG SCHREIER
Aug 01, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Carol Druga, a veteran Associated Press editor who was a newsroom mentor with an acerbic wit and a deep affection for Pittsburgh sports, has died. She was...
Gloria DeHaven, star of 1940s '50s films, dead at age 91

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 01, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Gloria DeHaven, the daughter of vaudeville stars who carved out her own successful career as the bright-eyed, vivacious star of Hollywood musicals and...
Longtime Weather Channel meteorologist Dave Schwartz dies

The Associated Press
Jul 31, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Longtime Weather Channel meteorologist Dave Schwartz has died after a long fight with cancer. He was 63. In an announcement of his death, The Weather Chan...
Ken Barrie, voice of Postman Pat, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Ken Barrie, who provided the voice of affable animated letter-carrier Postman Pat, has died. He was 83. His daughter Lorraine Peterson said Friday that Bar...
Stylist and fashion muse Marta Marzotto dies at 85

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2016 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Italian stylist and fashion muse Marta Marzotto has died following a brief illness at the age of 85. Marzotto's granddaughter, Beatrice Borromeo, announced ...
Personal computing pioneer, former MIT professor dies at 98

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2016 7:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A former Massachusetts Institute of Technology computer science and electrical engineering professor who helped usher in the personal computing a...
Co-founder of Autism Speaks, Suzanne Wright, dies at 69

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A co-founder of the advocacy group Autism Speaks has died after helping build it into one of the leading voices for people with the developmental disorde...
James Alan McPherson, prize-winning author, dead at 72

By The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James Alan McPherson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning story collection "Elbow Room" and a longtime faculty member at the University of Iowa's presti...

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