Obituaries
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Wendell Ford, ex-Kentucky governor, US senator, dies at 90Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. and Kentucky Gov. Wendell Ford, an unapologetic smoker whose unfiltered chats and speeches endeared him to voters in a state that ...
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Author John Bayley, husband of Iris Murdoch, dies at 89Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - LONDON (AP) - Author John Bayley, known for his moving memoir of life with his late wife Iris Murdoch, has died of a heart ailment. He was 89. His editor Robert Weil sai...
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Former North Dakota state lawmaker Donald Clark diesJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former North Dakota state lawmaker Donald Clark has died. Gov. Jack Dalrymple says the former Fargo legislator died Wednesday. Dalrymple called Cla...
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Shoe designer Vince Camuto, Nine West co-founder, dies at 78Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - Legendary women's footwear designer Vince Camuto, who co-founded shoe company Nine West Group, has died in Connecticut at age 78. Camuto died Wednesday at his home in Gr...
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Frank Mazzola, who staged famed James Dean fight scene, diesJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Frank Mazzola, the real-life tough guy who taught James Dean how to stage an authentic-looking knife fight for the classic 1955 film "Rebel Without a ...
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Tommy Mason, Minnesota Vikings 1st draft pick, dies at 75Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Running back Tommy Mason, the first draft pick in Minnesota Vikings history, has died. He was 75. Mason's sister-in-law, Suzanne MacNeil, told The Ass...
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Ethel Kolerus left imprint on township, Alexian BrothersJan 21, 2015 4:30 am - Ethel Kolerus holds a unique spot in Cook County government: She was the first woman to hold the office of township supervisor, having led Wheeling Township for three su...
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Blackhawks reporter Mike Spellman mourned as life of the press boxJan 21, 2015 12:00 am - Anyone who ever met him has a Mike Spellman story. There are the Christmas cards with his face expertly Photoshopped onto an Irish dancer's body. There was the time he s...
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Provo Councilman Hales dies; longtime civic leader, ad manJan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - PROVO, Utah (AP) - Provo Municipal Councilman Stephen Hales has died. The (Provo) Daily Herald (http://tinyurl.com/kfcpbg3) reports Hales died Wednesday at his home in P...
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Former WSU star William Roffler dies at 84Jan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Former Washington State and NFL football player William "Bud" Roffler has died at the age of 84. Family members told The Spokesman-Review newspaper...