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'Legends of the Fall' author Jim Harrison dead at 78

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 27, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jim Harrison, the fiction writer, poet, outdoorsman and reveler who wrote with gruff affection for the country's landscape and rural life and enjoyed mai...
Gary Planos, popular tournament host at Kapalua, dies

The Associated Press
Mar 27, 2016 7:00 am - KAPALUA, Hawaii (AP) - Gary Planos, who started out as a bag boy at Kapalua and became a favorite tournament host among PGA Tour players when he ran the Tournament of Ch...
Global Catholic Network founder Mother Angelica has died

The Associated Press
Mar 27, 2016 7:00 am - HANCEVILLE, Alabama (AP) - Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious...
Aurora Township Clerk Ken Christy remembered for energy, dedication to job

By Elena Ferrarin
Mar 27, 2016 1:00 am - Ken Christy was remembered Sunday for his large personality and boundless dedication to his roles as Aurora Township clerk and president of the Illinois State Associatio...
Jazz composer, professor David Baker dies at 84

The Associated Press
Mar 26, 2016 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - David Baker, a prolific jazz composer and musician who founded the jazz studies program at Indiana University, died Saturday at age 84, the scho...
Garry Shandling dies at 66; fellow comedians laud his genius

By ANTHONY McCARTNEY
Mar 25, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - While Garry Shandling's fellow comedians fought to host a late-night show, he brushed away the prospect. "I would not do a show where you just sit and...
Earl Hamner Jr., creator of "Waltons" TV show, dies at 92

By JOHN C. ROGERS
Mar 25, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Earl Hamner Jr., the versatile and prolific writer who drew upon his Depression-era upbringing in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia to create one o...
David Smyrl, Mr. Handford on 'Sesame Street,' dead at 80

The Associated Press
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - David Smyrl, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his role as Mr. Handford, the retired firefighter who ran Hooper's Store on "Sesame Street," has d...
Reaction to the death of comedian Garry Shandling

By The Associated Press
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - Some celebrity reaction to the death of comedian/actor Garry Shandling: "Garry was a guiding voice of comedy. He set the standard and we're all still trying to meet it. ...
Man who predicted space shuttle Challenger disaster dies

By HALLIE GOLDEN
Mar 24, 2016 7:00 am - SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Bob Ebeling spent three decades filled with guilt over not stopping the explosion of the space shuttle Challenger, but found relief in the weeks be...

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