Obituaries
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GOP Rep. Nunnelee of Miss. dies after brain cancer, strokeFeb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - In the final months of his life, fighting a losing battle against the effects of brain cancer and a stroke, Republican U.S. Rep. Alan Nunnelee of M...
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'Rebel Without a Cause' screenwriter and WWII vet dies at 92Feb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Screenwriter and two-time Academy Award nominee Stewart Stern, who's best known for writing the screenplay for Nicholas Ray's "Rebel Without a Cause,"...
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Former NBA ref Norm Drucker dead at 94Feb 05, 2015 10:00 pm - Norm Drucker, the only NBA referee to toss Wilt Chamberlain from a game, died Friday. He was 94. Drucker's son, Jim, confirmed his father's death to the NBA. Norm Drucke...
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Actress-singer Mary Healy dies at 96; co-starred with WellesFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mary Healy, a versatile actress and singer who starred with Orson Welles on Broadway and opposite her husband Peter Lind Hayes for nearly 60 years on ...
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Sister Marianella Domenici, ex-principal of St. Mary's, diesFeb 04, 2015 10:00 pm - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Sister Marianella Domenici, the sister of former Republican Sen. Pete Domenici and the longtime principal of St. Mary's School in Albuquerque, h...
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Winston Churchill's biographer, Martin Gilbert, diesFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Martin Gilbert, Winston Churchill's official biographer and a leading historian of the Holocaust, has died following a lengthy illness. He was 78. Gilbert ...
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Funeral scheduled for former NDSU fullback Tyler JangulaFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - WILLISTON, N.D. (AP) - Funeral services have been scheduled for former North Dakota State football player Tyler Jangula. Jangula died Sunday at age 28 in his Williston h...
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Former CBS News executive Socolow diesFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Sanford Socolow, a longtime CBS News executive who was a right-hand man to anchor Walter Cronkite, has died. The Manhattan resident died at 86 at Lenox H...
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Vic Howe, Gordie Howe's brother, dies at 85Feb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - SASKATOON, Saskatchewan (AP) - Vic Howe, Gordie Howe's younger brother and a former NHL player with the New York Rangers, has died. He was 85. Helen Cummine, the Howes' ...
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1st director of vocational education in South Dakota diesFeb 03, 2015 10:00 pm - SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) - Funeral services have been held for a man who helped launch South Dakota's four technical schools. George Boom Funeral Home says Emmett "Ike" Ol...