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Phil Rollins, who led Louisville to 1956 NIT title, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 09, 2021 6:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Phil Rollins, a starting guard on Louisville's 1956 NIT championship squad who went on to play in the NBA, has died. He was 87. The school announc...
Mary Wilson, longest-reigning original Supreme, dies at 76

Associated Press
Feb 09, 2021 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Mary Wilson, one of the original members of the Supremes, the 1960s group that helped establish the Motown sound and propelled Diana Ross to superstardom, ha...
Marshall Cassidy, longtime horse racing caller, dies at 75

By BETH HARRIS
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - Marshall Cassidy, who served as the New York Racing Association's lead race caller throughout the 1980s, has died. He was 75. Cassidy died in his sleep Sunday at his hom...
Rio Grande Valley coach Lew Hill dies day after final game

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - EDINBURG, Texas (AP) - Texas Rio Grande Valley coach Lew Hill died Sunday, a day after coaching what was his final game, the university said. Hill, who was 55, was in hi...
Joe Allen, whose bistro was a Broadway draw, dies at 87

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Allen, whose Times Square-adjacent bistro which bears his name has been a decadeslong draw for theater folk and where a post-show drink is part of th...
Texas GOP Rep. Wright, who battled health issues, dies at 67

By PAUL J. WEBER
Feb 08, 2021 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Republican Rep. Ron Wright of Texas, who had lung cancer and was hospitalized after testing positive for COVID-19 last month, has died, his office s...
Karen Lewis, former head of Chicago Teachers Union, dies

By Stefano Esposito Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 08, 2021 12:00 am - Karen Lewis, the charismatic former head of the Chicago Teachers Union, has died, her spokeswoman confirmed, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. She was 67. Lewis had co...
George Shultz wasn't 'afraid to struggle against the odds'

By MATTHEW LEE
Feb 07, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Time was running out when Secretary of State George P. Shultz returned home in April 1988 after flying 16,000 miles in a failed mission to persuade Ara...
Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks dies at 67

By TIM DAHLBERG
Feb 07, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Leon Spinks, who won Olympic gold and then shocked the boxing world by beating Muhammad Ali to win the heavyweight title in only his eighth pro fight, h...
Longtime Reagan Secretary of State George Shultz dies at 100

By MATTHEW LEE
Feb 07, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Secretary of State George P. Shultz, a titan of American academia, business and diplomacy who spent most of the 1980s trying to improve Cold War...

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