Obituaries
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Wildlife photographer Peter Beard found dead near his home
Apr 20, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Artist, adventurer and celebrated wildlife photographer Peter Beard was found dead in woods near his cliff-side home at the tip of Long Island nearly a m...
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Memorial activities set for Lincolnshire-Riverwoods firefighterApr 20, 2020 1:00 am - Memorial and funeral activities will be held Tuesday and Wednesday for a Lincolnshire-Riverwoods Fire Protection District firefighter who died in an off-duty accident la...
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Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill dies at age 84
Apr 18, 2020 7:00 am - Paul O'Neill, a former Treasury secretary who broke with George W. Bush over tax policy and then produced a book critical of the administration, died Saturday. He was 84...
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US animator, filmmaker Gene Deitch dies in Prague at 95
Apr 18, 2020 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Gene Deitch, an American Oscar-winning illustrator, animator, film director and producer has died. He was 95. His Czech publisher, Petr Himmel, told The As...
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Bob Hermann, soccer boss who helped found NASL, dies at 97
Apr 17, 2020 7:00 am - LADUE, Mo. (AP) - Bob Hermann, the soccer executive who launched the Hermann Trophy given annually to the top college soccer players in the United States, has died at ag...
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Former Leeds defender Norman Hunter dies at 76 with COVID-19
Apr 17, 2020 7:00 am - LEEDS, England (AP) - Norman Hunter, a former Leeds defender who was part of England's World Cup-winning squad in 1966, died Friday with COVID-19. He was 76. Hunter, who...
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Jane Hull, first woman elected Arizona governor, dies at 84
Apr 17, 2020 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Jane Hull, Arizona's first woman elected governor and part of the 'œFab Five'ť celebrated as the nation's first all-female elected state executive branch ...
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Jackie Court, first woman of color to coach at Brown, dies
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Jackie Court, who was the first woman of color hired to coach at Brown University, has died, the university said in a statement. She was 81. No c...
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Music industry mainstay Knox Phillips dies in Memphis
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Knox Phillips, the son of renowned music producer Sam Phillips and an enthusiastic ambassador of Memphis music who worked on records by Jerry Lee L...
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Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport's 1st black Olympic judge
Apr 16, 2020 7:00 am - TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) - Carmen Williamson, who in the 1940s and '50s was a top U.S. amateur boxer and then in 1984 became the first black boxing referee and judge at the Oly...