Obituaries
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Biting Mexican comic, satirist Héctor Suárez dies at 81
Jun 02, 2020 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican comic Héctor Suárez, whose decades-long career celebrated the common man and satirized the rich, corrupt and arrogant, has died at 81. His ...
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Wheeling pays tribute to former Village President Sheila SchultzJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - Community leaders, residents and village workers lined the streets of Wheeling on Tuesday to pay tribute to former Village President Sheila Schultz. Schultz, a 65-year W...
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Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80
Jun 01, 2020 7:00 am - College Football Hall of Famer Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden Auburn football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, died Monday. He w...
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Janez Kocijancic, Slovenia's top sports official, dies at 78
Jun 01, 2020 7:00 am - LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Janez Kocijančič, Slovenia's leading sports official for decades, died on Monday. He was 78. The European Olympic Committees, of w...
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Funeral procession Tuesday for former Wheeling mayor Sheila SchultzJun 01, 2020 1:00 am - A funeral procession is scheduled for Tuesday in memory of former Wheeling Village President Sheila Schultz, who died Friday at 90 years old. Schultz served as Wheeling'...
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Former Fresno State baseball coach Bob Bennett dies at 86
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Bob Bennett, the winningest baseball coach in Fresno State history and a member of the College Baseball Hall of Fame, has died. He was 86. ...
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Herbert Stempel, TV quiz show whistleblower, dies at 93
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Herbert Stempel, a fall guy and whistleblower of early television whose confession to deliberately losing on a 1950s quiz show helped drive a national sc...
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Christo, artist known for massive, fleeting displays, dies
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Christo, known for massive, ephemeral public arts projects died Sunday at his home in New York. He was 84. His death was announced on Twitter and the art...
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Curtis Cooke, Hall of Fame welterweight champion, dies at 82
May 31, 2020 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Curtis Cokes, the Hall of Fame welterweight who became Dallas' first world champion in 1966, has died. He was 82. Erwin 'œSparky'ť Sparks, Cokes' partner a...
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'Father George,' longtime pastor of Wheeling church, dies of COVID-19May 31, 2020 1:00 am - The Rev. Jerzy "George" Gawlik, who for 16 years served the faith needs of more than 2,000 parishioners at St. Joseph the Worker parish in Wheeling, died Friday from COV...