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Carl Izzo, father of Michigan State's Tom Izzo, dies at 90

The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2015 6:00 am - APPLETON, Wis. (AP) - Carl Izzo, father of Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo, has died. He was 90. Erickson-Rochon and Nash Funeral Homes of Iron Mountain, Michig...
Abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly dies at 92 at New York home

The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2015 6:00 am - SPENCERTOWN, N.Y. (AP) - Ellsworth Kelly, a painter, sculptor and printmaker whose work over seven decades made him one of America's leading abstract artists, has died. ...
Former Norwegian ski great Stein Eriksen dies at 88

By PAT GRAHAM
Dec 28, 2015 6:00 am - Norwegian skiing great Stein Eriksen had the perfect hair, the perfect form and typically the perfect line down the course. So stylish and graceful on the slopes, the Ol...
Ex-Globetrotters star Meadowlark Lemon dies

By JOHN MARSHALL
Dec 28, 2015 6:00 am - SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Meadowlark Lemon, the "clown prince" of basketball's barnstorming Harlem Globetrotters, whose blend of hook shots and humor brought joy to milli...
Longtime New Mexico newspaper publisher Tom Lang dies

The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2015 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Thompson H. Lang, who published New Mexico's largest newspaper for more than four decades, has died. He was 69. The Albuquerque Journal won a Pu...
Jim O'Toole, Reds 1960s star pitcher, dies at 78

By DAN SEWELL
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - Jim O'Toole, a star pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds in the 1960s, has died after a long battle with cancer. O'Toole was 78. The team said O'Toole died ...
Oscar winning cameraman Haskell Wexler dies at 93

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Haskell Wexler, one of Hollywood's most famous and honored cinematographers and one whose innovative approach helped him win Oscars for "Who's Afraid ...
Robert Spitzer, 'most influential psychiatrist,' dies at 83

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Dr. Robert Spitzer - a psychiatrist who played a leading role in establishing agreed-upon standards to describe mental disorders and eliminating homosexua...
St. Louis sportswriter Joe Strauss dies at age 54

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Joe Strauss, a sports columnist for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch who covered baseball for nearly three decades, has died. He was 54. Post-Dispatch sports...
Bobby Dews, longtime Braves coach, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2015 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Bobby Dews, the former Atlanta coach who spent the final 37 of his 53 years in baseball with the Braves' organization, has died. He was 76. The Braves sai...

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