Obituaries
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Polish ex-communist and former premier Jozef Oleksy diesJan 08, 2015 10:00 pm - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Jozef Oleksy, a communist-era party leader who in democratic Poland served as a left-wing prime minister until he was forced to resign over unprove...
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Former Cary mayor Bob Fuchs diesJan 08, 2015 12:01 am - Robert J. "Bob" Fuchs' life was one of service to others. The 85-year-old Army veteran and former Cary mayor and village trustee died Jan. 2 in Lisle. His vision and le...
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Florida A&M athletic director Nelson Townsend dies at 73Jan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Florida A&M interim athletic director Nelson Townsend has died. He was 73. The school says Townsend was taken to a hospital Thursday morning. Th...
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Polish writer Tadeusz Konwicki dies at 88Jan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Tadeusz Konwicki, a prominent Polish writer and filmmaker whose works during the communist era lampooned the authoritarian Soviet-imposed system, h...
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Alaska historian dies of cancerJan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A woman who wrote 13 books and more than 100 articles, many about the history of Southeast Alaska, has died. Patricia Roppel of Wrangell was 76....
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William Boeing Jr., son of company's founder, dies at 92Jan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - SEATTLE (AP) - William E. Boeing Jr., a son of aerospace pioneer William Boeing Sr. who championed and remained fascinated by flight throughout his life, has died at age...
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JP Parise, ex-Minnesota North Stars standout, dies at 73Jan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - J.P. Parise, a Minnesota North Stars standout who helped Canada beat the Soviet Union in the landmark Summit Series in 1972, has died. He was 73. ...
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Former West Virginia Gov. Arch Moore dies at 91Jan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) - Former West Virginia Gov. Arch Alfred Moore Jr. possessed personal charisma, strong oratory gifts and an uncanny ability to recall names - attri...
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Andrae Crouch, legendary gospel figure, dies at 72Jan 07, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Andrae Crouch, a legendary gospel performer, songwriter and choir director whose work graced songs by Michael Jackson and Madonna and movies such as "...
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Former West Virginia Gov. Arch Moore dies at 91Jan 06, 2015 10:00 pm - CHARLESTON, W. Va. (AP) - Former Gov. Arch Alfred Moore Jr., whose guilty pleas to federal corruption charges overshadowed his record as his era's most successful Republ...