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Bobby Joe Morrow, 3-time winner in 1956 Olympics, dies at 84

The Associated Press
May 30, 2020 7:00 am - SAN BENITO, Texas (AP) - Bobby Joe Morrow, the Texas sprinter who won three gold medals in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics while a student at Abilene Christian University, d...
Veteran AP journalist Alvin Orton Jr. dies in Ohio at age 84

By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS
May 29, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Al Orton, a veteran Associated Press journalist who spent much of his career on the overnight shift, mentoring dozens of reporters along the way, h...
Wheeling mourns former Village President Sheila Schultz

By Eric Peterson
May 29, 2020 1:00 am - Wheeling officials announced with sadness that former Village President Sheila Schultz died Friday. "Sheila was the definition of what it means to be a public servant, d...
Former Braves C Biff Pocoroba dies at 66; All-Star in 1978

By PAUL NEWBERRY
May 28, 2020 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Former Atlanta catcher Biff Pocoroba, who played in the 1978 All-Star Game and was a backup on the Braves team that won an improbable NL West title in 198...
Larry Kramer used voice, pen to raise consciousness on AIDS

By MARK KENNEDY
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Time never softened the urgency of Larry Kramer's demands. Theatergoers leaving a celebrated revival of Kramer's 'œThe Normal Heart'ť in 2011 were greete...
Reaction to the death of AIDS activist, writer Larry Kramer

By The Associated Press
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reaction to the death of Larry Kramer, the AIDS activist and playwright who turned his fury into mass protests and helped raise the profile of the diseas...
Robb Forman Dew, prize-winning novelist, dead at 73

The Associated Press
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robb Forman Dew, a prize-winning fiction writer who drew upon her small-town Ohio background for such novels as 'œDale Loves Sophie to Death'ť and 'œThe ...
Larry Kramer, playwright and AIDS activist, dies at 84

By MARK KENNEDY
May 27, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Larry Kramer, the playwright whose angry voice and pen raised theatergoers' consciousness about AIDS and roused thousands to militant protests in the ear...
Stanley Ho, who built Macao's gambling industry, dies at 98

By ZEN SOO and KELVIN CHAN
May 26, 2020 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Casino tycoon Stanley Ho, whose business empire dominated the Portuguese gambling enclave of Macao for decades, died Tuesday in Hong Kong at age 98. Con...
Jimmy Cobb, 'Kind of Blue' drummer for Miles Davis, dies

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
May 26, 2020 7:00 am - Jimmy Cobb, a percussionist and the last surviving member of Miles Davis' 1959 'œKind of Blue'ť groundbreaking jazz album which transformed the genre and sparked several...

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