Obituaries
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'He was an American giant': Former Aurora man, press secretary remembers Dole as a heroDec 05, 2021 12:00 am - Sen. Bob Dole's former press secretary and a senior adviser to his 1996 presidential campaign remembered the Kansas statesman on Sunday as an American hero, a solid Repu...
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Edward Shames, last 'Band of Brothers' officer, dies at 99
Dec 04, 2021 6:00 am - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of 'œEasy Company,'ť which inspired the HBO miniseries and book 'œBand of Br...
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Grand Ole Opry country singer Stonewall Jackson dies at 89
Dec 04, 2021 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country musician Stonewall Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and had No. 1 hits with 'œWaterloo'ť and others, died S...
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Horst Eckel, last of the 1954 World Cup winners, dies at 89
Dec 03, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Horst Eckel, the last surviving member of West Germany's 1954 World Cup-winning team, has died. He was 89. The German soccer federation said Eckel died Fri...
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Lamine Diack, ex IAAF chief convicted of corruption, dies
Dec 03, 2021 6:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Lamine Diack, the controversial long-time leader of track and field who was convicted of extorting money from athletes and accused of taking bribes...
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Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72
Dec 03, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died aged 72, the Royal Shakespeare Company said Friday. Sher had been ...
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Czech travel writer Miroslav Zikmund dies at 102
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Miroslav Zikmund, a legendary Czech travel writer, has died. He was 102. The museum in the eastern city of Zlin, where Zikmund had lived, announced his dea...
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Kentucky author and 'Merry Prankster' Ed McClanahan dies
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Ed McClanahan, a Kentucky author, teacher and friend of counterculture icon Ken Kesey, died Saturday at his home in Lexington, according to his wif...
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Petr Uhl, journalist, communist-era dissident dies at 80
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Petr Uhl, a Czech journalist who was one of the country's leading communist-era dissidents and human rights activists, has died at 80. His wife, former Cze...
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Ex-child actor in '~Beasts of the Southern Wild' shot, killed
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jonshel Alexander, a onetime child actor who played a supporting role in the 2012 Oscar-nominated film 'œBeasts of the Southern Wild,'ť was killed in ...