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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...
Gladys Knight and the Pips member William Guest dies at 74

By DERRIK J. LANG
Dec 26, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - William Guest, a member of Gladys Knight and the Pips, has died. He was 74. Guest's sister-in-law, Dhyana Ziegler, said he died Thursday in Detroit of...
'Logan's Run' co-author George Clayton Johnson dead at 86

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 25, 2015 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - George Clayton Johnson, the legendary science-fiction writer who authored the first "Star Trek" television episode and several classic stories for the...
Northwest suburbs' 'Mr. Tennis' dies at 86

Dec 24, 2015 11:30 am - Life story Mel Timmons ~ 1929-2015 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent One of the biggest promoters of tennis in the Northwest suburbs has died. Mel Timmo...
Peggy Say, who advocated for release of Terry Anderson, dies

By ERIK SCHELZIG
Dec 24, 2015 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Peggy Say, who spent nearly seven years on a tireless quest for the release of her brother, journalist Terry Anderson, and fellow hostages from k...
Arkansas law professor who helped hire Bill Clinton dies

By JILL BLEED
Dec 24, 2015 6:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Albert Witte, who taught six decades at the University of Arkansas School of Law and helped hire then-26-year-old Bill Clinton, has died at the ...
Dr. Alfred Gilman, Nobel Prize-winning cell researcher, dies

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 24, 2015 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Dr. Alfred Gilman, who won a Nobel Prize for his breakthrough research into the inner workings of cells and later left Texas' much-ballyhooed $3 bil...
Prominent trial lawyer, UT mega-donor Jamail dies at 90

By WILL WEISSERT
Dec 23, 2015 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Joe Jamail, a swashbuckling, billionaire trial lawyer who toppled Texaco in court and so lavished the University of Texas with donations that his na...

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