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Wildlife photographer Peter Beard found dead near his home

The Associated Press
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...
Memorial activities set for Lincolnshire-Riverwoods firefighter

By Russell Lissau
Apr 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...
Former Treasury Secretary Paul O'Neill dies at age 84

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER and RON TODT
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...
US animator, filmmaker Gene Deitch dies in Prague at 95

The Associated Press
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...
Bob Hermann, soccer boss who helped found NASL, dies at 97

The Associated Press
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...
Former Leeds defender Norman Hunter dies at 76 with COVID-19

The Associated Press
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...
Jane Hull, first woman elected Arizona governor, dies at 84

By PAUL DAVENPORT
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 ...
Jackie Court, first woman of color to coach at Brown, dies

The Associated Press
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...
Music industry mainstay Knox Phillips dies in Memphis

By ADRIAN SAINZ
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...
Pioneering boxing ref dies, sport's 1st black Olympic judge

By JOHN SEEWER
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...

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