Obituaries
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Liz Byrd, first black woman in Legislature, dies at 88Jan 27, 2015 10:00 pm - CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - Harriett Elizabeth "Liz" Byrd, the first African-American woman to serve in the Wyoming Legislature, has died at age 88. Her son, Rep. Jim Byrd of ...
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Former British Open winner Kel Nagle dies at 94Jan 27, 2015 10:00 pm - SYDNEY (AP) - Kel Nagle, a former British Open winner, U.S. Open runner-up and a member of the World Golf Hall of Fame, has died. He was 94. The PGA of Australia said in...
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Brown University's founding dean of medicine dies at 92Jan 27, 2015 10:00 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - The founding dean of Brown University's medical school has died. Neuropathologist Dr. Stanley Aronson was 92. The university says Aronson died We...
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Nobel laureate Charles Townes, laser co-creator, dies at 99Jan 27, 2015 10:00 pm - BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) - Charles H. Townes, the Nobel Prize-winning physicist who helped create the laser that would revolutionize everything from medicine to manufacturi...
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15-term US Rep. John Myers dead at 87Jan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - COVINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. John Myers, who represented western Indiana's 7th District for three decades, has died. Owner Robert Shelby of Shelby Funeral Hom...
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Patricia Godbolt White, 1 of the Norfolk 17, dies at 72Jan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Patricia Godbolt White, one of the first black students to enroll in Norfolk's public schools, has died. She was 72. Metropolitan Funeral Service say...
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Acclaimed Indian cartoonist R.K. Laxman dies at 94Jan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI (AP) - Acclaimed Indian cartoonist R. K. Laxman, creator of the innocuous character the Common Man, who held up a mirror to the absurdity and silliness of Indi...
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Son of ex-slave who fought in Union army dies at age 97Jan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Luke Martin Jr., the son of an ex-slave and Civil War Union soldier, has died - 179 years after his father was born. Martin was 97 when he died Sund...
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Son of ex-slave who fought in Union army dies at age 97Jan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Luke Martin Jr., whose father was an ex-slave and Civil War Union soldier, has died - 179 years after his father was born. Martin's daughter, Fannie...
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British born Israeli journalist David Landau dead at 67Jan 26, 2015 10:00 pm - JERUSALEM (AP) - David Landau, a British born author and journalist who was a former editor-in-chief of Israel's Haaretz newspaper and also worked for the Jerusalem Post...