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Winningest high school football coach in Pennsylvania dies

The Associated Press
Apr 01, 2016 7:00 am - BERWICK, Pa. (AP) - George Curry, the winningest high school football coach in Pennsylvania history, has died, months after he was diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. B...
Former Duke AD Tom Butters, who hired Coach K, dies at 77

The Associated Press
Apr 01, 2016 7:00 am - DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Former Duke athletic director Tom Butters has died. Duke spokesman Art Chase said Friday the family told him Butters died Thursday night at age 77. T...
Innovative Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid dies at 65

By JILL LAWLESS
Mar 31, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid, whose modernist, futuristic designs included the swooping aquatic center for the 2012 London Olympics, has died at age ...
Ronnie Corbett, half of comedy's 'Two Ronnies,' dies at 85

By JILL LAWLESS
Mar 31, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - A diminutive, verbally dexterous entertainer with exquisite comic timing, Ronnie Corbett has been hailed as a giant of comedy by fans and fellow stars mour...
Nobel literature laureate Imre Kertesz dies at 86

By PABLO GORONDI
Mar 31, 2016 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature for a body of fiction largely drawn from his experience as a teen...
Shirley Hufstedler, first US education secretary, dies at 90

By SUDHIN THANAWALA
Mar 31, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Shirley Hufstedler, a former federal appellate court judge who served as the nation's first education secretary, has died. She was 90. Hufstedler di...
Influential MIT economist Lester Thurow dies at 77

The Associated Press
Mar 30, 2016 7:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - Lester Thurow, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist who addressed the challenges and consequences of a global economy, has died. He ...
Patty Duke's talent, bravery recalled; actress dies at 69

By FRAZIER MOORE
Mar 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The courage that a teenage Patty Duke portrayed on-screen as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker" was breathtaking and Oscar-winning. Duke's own gritty s...
Chicago children's TV pioneer dies at 83

Mar 30, 2016 1:00 am - By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent One of the pioneers of children's television in Chicago, and a longtime Bartlett resident, died last month, leaving behind ...
Oscar-winning actress Patty Duke dies at 69

By FRAZIER MOORE
Mar 29, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Patty Duke, who as a teen won an Oscar for playing Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker," then maintained a long career while battling personal demons, ha...

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