Obituaries
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Former Philadelphia Tribune president Waverly Easley dies
Jun 06, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The former president of the Philadelphia Tribune, the nation's oldest continuously published African-American newspaper, has died. Waverly Easley was...
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My hours with Ali: He used his power to produce smilesJun 05, 2016 7:00 am - Editor’s note: Former Daily Herald sports writer Lindsey Willhite reminisces about what he learned from an extended interview with the boxing great in his later years...
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Legendary Wheaton College coach remembered for sportsmanship, faithJun 05, 2016 1:00 am - LeRoy Pfund may have been a professional baseball player for years, but his legacy as a coach and community servant is rooted in the suburbs. Pfund, a former Brooklyn Do...
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Obama says Ali shook up the world and left it better off
Jun 04, 2016 7:00 am - STUART, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama, who keeps a pair of boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali in his private study off the Oval Office, said Saturday that Ali "shoo...
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The Latest: Jim Brown recalls Ali as social force, comedian
Jun 04, 2016 7:00 am - The Latest on the death of Muhammad Ali (all times EDT): ___ 9:30 p.m. A sports icon in his own right, NFL great Jim Brown says Muhammad Ali stands alone in his ability ...
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Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as 'The Greatest,' dies
Jun 04, 2016 7:00 am - He was fast of fist and foot - lip, too - a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punche...
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Images: Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016Jun 04, 2016 12:30 am - Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali's irrepressible personality transcended sports and the world, so that so many facets of his career and life made news. These images sho...
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Celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh dies in London at age 65
Jun 03, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The prolific celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh has died in London. She was 65. Her agent Dan Strone at Trident Media Group said Friday that she died in a fa...
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Former Brooklyn Dodger Lee Pfund, 96, dies
Jun 03, 2016 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Lee Pfund has died. He was 96. Pfund was the father of former Los Angeles Lakers coach and Miami Heat general manager Randy ...
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Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as 'The Greatest,' diesJun 03, 2016 1:00 am - He was fast of fist and foot - lip, too - a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punche...