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Reaction to death of country star Merle Haggard

By The Associated Press
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 ...
Longtime CBS News executive Scheffler dies

The Associated Press
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 ...
R&B singer-songwriter Leon Haywood dies at 74

By DERRIK J. LANG
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. ...
Country icon Merle Haggard, champion of the underdog, dies

By KRISTIN M. HALL
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...
Working man's poet, Merle Haggard lived his life in song

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Apr 06, 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...
Reaction to death of country star Merle Haggard

By The Associated Press
Apr 06, 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 ...
Victim of construction accident remembered as man of family, faith

By Christopher Placek
Apr 06, 2016 1:00 am - The 47-year-old construction worker killed early Tuesday under the Jane Addams Tollway is being remembered as a hardworking man and a strong father to his four children....
Construction worker had wife, four children

Daily Herald report
Apr 05, 2016 1:00 am - Editor's note: This story has been updated to correctly spell Vicente Santoyo. The 47-year-old construction worker killed early Tuesday under the Jane Addams Tollwa...
Sobibor death camp survivor Jules Schelvis dies at 95

The Associated Press
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Jules Schelvis, a Dutch survivor of the Nazis' Sobibor death camp who testified at the landmark trial of John Demjanjuk and founded the Sobibor Foundation,...
Erik Bauersfeld, voice of Star Wars' Admiral Ackbar, dies

The Associated Press
Apr 04, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Erik Bauersfeld, who turned three words from a minor acting role - "It's a trap!" - into one of the most beloved lines of the "Star Wars" series, has ...

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