Obituaries
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Beloved Atlanta personality 'Phantom of the Fox' dies
Apr 08, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Joe Patten, affectionately known as the "Phantom of the Fox," spent much of his life restoring, preserving and living in Atlanta's fabulous Fox Theatre - ...
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'Blood, Sweat & Heels' reality TV star Daisy Lewellyn dies
Apr 08, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Daisy Lewellyn, who starred in Bravo's "Blood, Sweat & Heels" reality series, died Friday of a rare form of cancer, the channel said. She was 36. Th...
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Former Daily Herald ad exec remembered as friend to allApr 08, 2016 1:00 am - A former Daily Herald advertising sales executive is being remembered for the mark he made on the business and on his clients and co-workers who became lifelong friends....
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Country icon Merle Haggard, champion of the underdog, dies
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sen...
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Ogden Mills Phipps, owner and horse racing giant, dies at 75
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, a prominent thoroughbred owner and breeder whose stable produced 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb, has died. He was 75. Phipps ...
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Working man's poet, Merle Haggard lived his life in song
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Merle Haggard didn't just write great country songs, he lived them. His real life experiences of poverty as the son of Oklahoma migrants, an earl...
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Reaction to death of country star Merle Haggard
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a sample of reaction to the death of country music star Merle Haggard. "He was my brother, my friend. I will miss him." - Willie Nelson. ___ "The ...
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Longtime CBS News executive Scheffler dies
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Philip Scheffler, a top executive behind the scenes at the CBS newsmagazine "60 Minutes" until his retirement in 2003, has died. He was 85. CBS News did ...
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R&B singer-songwriter Leon Haywood dies at 74
Apr 06, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leon Haywood, the silky smooth R&B singer-songwriter and producer whose 1975 single "I Want'a Do Something Freaky to You" was famously sampled by Dr. ...
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Country icon Merle Haggard, champion of the underdog, dies
Apr 06, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sen...