Obituaries
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Ex-PepsiCo CEO who helped lead "Cola Wars" has died
Jun 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former PepsiCo CEO Roger Enrico, who helped lead the soda company during the "Cola Wars" advertising battle with Coca-Cola in the 1980s, has died, PepsiC...
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Former Notre Dame quarterback Bob Williams dies at age 86
Jun 01, 2016 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Bob Williams, the starting quarterback when Notre Dame finished 10-0 and won the national championship in 1949, has died. He was 86. The universi...
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Former Illinois judge involved in Gacy, Speck cases dies
Jun 01, 2016 7:00 am - GLENVIEW, Ill. (AP) - A former Illinois judge who was involved in the trials of convicted killers John Wayne Gacy and Richard Speck has died. The daughter of former Cook...
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Western Sahara independence movement leader Abdelaziz dies
May 31, 2016 7:00 am - ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Mohamed Abdelaziz, the head and co-founder of the Polisario Front independence movement in the Western Sahara, died Tuesday after a long illness,...
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Trinity Broadcasting's Jan Crouch dies days after stroke
May 31, 2016 7:00 am - ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Televangelist Jan Crouch, who co-founded the Trinity Broadcasting Network with her husband more than four decades ago, died Tuesday just days after ...
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German NGO Cap Anamur founder Rupert Neudeck dies at 77
May 31, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Rupert Neudeck, the co-founder of Germany-based humanitarian aid group Cap Anamur, which helped to rescue more than 10,000 Vietnamese "boat people," has di...
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CBS exec behind popular 1960s and 1970s shows dies at age 94
May 31, 2016 7:00 am - BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Michael Dann, the man behind the programming of several 1960s and 1970s CBS shows such as "The Mary Tyler Moore Show," ''60 Minutes" and "The Bev...
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Food Lion co-founder Ketner dies at age 95
May 30, 2016 7:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - The co-founder of the Food Lion grocery store chain has died. Food Lion said in a statement that 95-year-old Ralph Ketner died Sunday. Ketner succ...
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Shortstop in 1st women's pro baseball league dies at 90
May 29, 2016 7:00 am - BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. (AP) - A member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that was immortalized in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" has died. Lucil...
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Italian theater actor, director Giorgio Albertazzi dies
May 28, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Giorgio Albertazzi, a theater and film actor and director famed especially for playing, well into old age, the emperor's role based on "Memories of Hadrian,"...