Obituaries
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Acclaimed Australian filmmaker Paul Cox dies aged 76
Jun 19, 2016 7:00 am - BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Award-winning Australian filmmaker Paul Cox has died, the Australian Directors Guild said Sunday. He was 76. The guild did not disclose the ca...
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'Star Trek' actor Anton Yelchin killed when his car hits him
Jun 19, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Anton Yelchin, a rising actor best known for playing Chekov in the new "Star Trek" films, was killed by his own car as it rolled down his driveway ear...
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The Latest: Actor Anton Yelchin killed by own rolling car
Jun 19, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Latest on the death of "Star Trek" film actor Anton Yelchin (all times local): 1 p.m. Los Angeles police say Anton Yelchin, an actor best known fo...
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Hip-hop artist Attrell Cordes, half of duo P.M. Dawn, dies
Jun 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Attrell Cordes, who formed the hip-hop duo P.M. Dawn with his brother and was also known by the name Prince Be, has died. His representative confirmed Co...
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Ron Lester, who portrayed Billy Bob in 'Varsity Blues,' dies
Jun 18, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Actor Ron Lester, who was perhaps best known playing the loud, oversized lineman Billy Bob in the 1999 film "Varsity Blues," has died of organ failure. He ...
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Longtime Memphis sports broadcaster George Lapides dies
Jun 18, 2016 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - A funeral home says George Lapides, a longtime fixture in the Memphis sports scene as a newspaper reporter, broadcaster and team executive, has die...
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Ronnie Claire Edwards, Corabeth on 'Waltons,' dies at 83
Jun 17, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ronnie Claire Edwards, who played grocer Ike Godsey's prickly wife, Corabeth, on "The Waltons," has died. She was 83. Edwards died at her Dallas home,...
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Des Plaines police chief during Gacy investigation dies at 92Jun 17, 2016 1:00 am - Former Des Plaines Police Chief Lee Alfano, who led the department during the John Wayne Gacy investigation, died this week in Arizona, a friend said Friday. Alfano, 92,...
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'I Know What You Did Last Summer' author Lois Duncan dies
Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Lois Duncan was perhaps best-known for her pioneering suspense novels that captivated more than one generation of young readers, including "I Know ...
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Richard O. Linke, Andy Griffith's longtime manager, dies
Jun 16, 2016 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - Richard O. Linke, longtime personal manager for Andy Griffith and an associate producer of the TV series "The Andy Griffith Show," has died. He was 98. L...