Obituaries
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Canadian figure skater Toller Cranston dies at 65Jan 23, 2015 10:00 pm - Toller Cranston, a bronze medalist at the 1974 world championships and 1976 Olympics, died at his home in Mexico, Skate Canada said Saturday. He was 65. Cranston, a six-...
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Children's TV activist Peggy Charren dies at 86Jan 22, 2015 10:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - Peggy Charren, the founder of Action for Children's Television who waged a decades-long fight to improve the quality of children's programming, has died. S...
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Chicago Cubs Hall of Famer Ernie Banks dies at 83Jan 22, 2015 10:00 pm - Even as the Chicago Cubs lost one game after another, Ernie Banks never lost hope. That was the charm of "Mr. Cub." Banks, the Hall of Fame slugger and two-time MVP who ...
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SAfrica former police chief dies, was jailed for corruptionJan 22, 2015 10:00 pm - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - The legacy of former apartheid activist and member of parliament, Jackie Selebi, who died Friday, may be overshadowed by his disgrace as national pol...
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Saudi King Abdullah, a gradual modernizer, dead at 90Jan 22, 2015 10:00 pm - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - His changes looked minute to the outside world. But in a kingdom where ultra-conservative Muslim clerics long have held a lock on all aspects...
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Sedgwick County Judge Richard Ballinger dies after illnessJan 22, 2015 10:00 pm - WICHITA, Kan. (AP) - Sedgwick County Judge Richard Ballinger has died following a prolonged illness. The 18th Judicial District Court announced in a news release that th...
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Powerful Saudi Arabia King Abdullah dies at age 90Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who fought against al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom...
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Saudi King Abdullah has died, Prince Salman successorJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah, the powerful U.S. ally who fought al-Qaida and sought to modernize the ultraconservative Muslim kingdom, includ...
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Chief of Rogers Police Department succumbs to cancerJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - ROGERS, Ark. (AP) - The chief of the Rogers Police Department has died after a long struggle with cancer. Rogers Chief of Police James H. Allen died Thursday morning. Hi...
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Liberal theologian Marcus Borg dead at 72Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Marcus J. Borg, a prominent liberal theologian who attracted praise and controversy by helping to lead efforts to analyze Jesus as a historical figure, h...