Obituaries
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Shirley Knight, Oscar-nominated actress, has died at 83
Apr 23, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Shirley Knight, the Kansas-born actress who was nominated for two Oscars early in her career and went on to play an astonishing variety of roles in mo...
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Padres player-turned-cop wounded in 2003 shooting dies at 53
Apr 23, 2020 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dan Walters, a former San Diego Padres catcher-turned-police officer who was paralyzed in a 2003 shooting, died Thursday, the police union said. He was ...
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Former Ohio St AD Jim Jones dies, was adviser to Woody Hayes
Apr 22, 2020 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Jim Jones, a former academic assistant to football coaching great Woody Hayes who went on to serve as Ohio State athletic director in the 1980s and...
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Literary scholar Cheryl A. Wall dies at age 71
Apr 22, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cheryl A. Wall, a longtime Rutgers University professor and prominent scholar of African American women writers who edited two Library of America volumes...
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Betsy Wyeth, widow and muse of Andrew Wyeth, dies at 98
Apr 22, 2020 7:00 am - CHADDS FORD, Pa. (AP) - Betsy James Wyeth, the widow, business manager and muse of painter Andrew Wyeth, died Tuesday at age 98, according to the Brandywine River Museum...
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Suburban firefighters gather to mourn colleague who died in accident last weekApr 22, 2020 1:00 am - Fire trucks and ambulances formed a funeral procession Wednesday to honor a veteran Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District firefighter/paramedic who died in an...
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Neil Black, British track and field official, dies at 60
Apr 21, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Neil Black, a British track and field official who worked closely with many of the country's best athletes over the past three decades, including Mo Farah,...
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Former race car driver Bob Lazier dies from COVID-19
Apr 21, 2020 7:00 am - LAKEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Bob Lazier, the 1981 CART rookie of the year and father of 1996 Indianapolis 500 winner Buddy Lazier, died Saturday from COVID-19. He was 81. Lazi...
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Sirio Maccioni, who opened famed eatery Le Cirque, dies
Apr 20, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Italian restaurateur Sirio Maccioni, who opened the celebrated French restaurant Le Cirque and watched it grow into arguably Manhattan's favorite dining ...
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Robert Loomis, editor of Angelou, Styron, dies at 93
Apr 20, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Loomis, a blue-chip editor of old-fashioned sense and persistence who in more than 50 years at Random House encouraged, prodded and befriended Wil...