Obituaries
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Weather scientist dies in rough surf after forecast of risk
Oct 02, 2019 7:00 am - DUCK, N.C. (AP) - A top weather forecasting official, who oversaw the government’s prediction centers that track ocean, hurricane and even space conditions, has died i...
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Dancehall artist known as Louie Rankin dies Canada car crash
Oct 01, 2019 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Jamaican dancehall reggae artist and actor Louie Rankin, known for his 1992 hit "Typewriter," died in a car crash involving a transport truck in Canada, p...
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Austrian-born Hollywood producer Eric Pleskow dies at 95
Oct 01, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Austrian-born film producer Eric Pleskow, who was involved in the making of Hollywood hits including "Platoon," ''Rocky" and "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Ne...
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busbee, songwriter behind country and pop hits, dead at 43
Sep 30, 2019 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Grammy-nominated songwriter-producer busbee, who co-wrote Maren Morris' breakout hit "My Church" and also crafted songs for Keith Urban, Lady Ant...
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Polish prime minister's father and former top dissident dies
Sep 30, 2019 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Kornel Morawiecki, the father of Poland's prime minister who was also the country's most senior lawmaker and a leading dissident during the communi...
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Jessye Norman, international opera star, dead at 74
Sep 30, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jessye Norman, the renowned international opera star whose passionate soprano voice won her four Grammy Awards, the National Medal of Arts and the Kenned...
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Legendary Mexican crooner José José dies from cancer
Sep 29, 2019 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican crooner José José, the elegant dresser who moved audiences to tears with melancholic love ballads and was known as the "Prince of Song," has...
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Joe Wilson, skeptic on Iraq War intelligence, dies at age 69
Sep 28, 2019 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Joseph Wilson, the former ambassador who set off a political firestorm by disputing U.S. intelligence used to justify the 2003 Iraq invasion, died ...
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Russian theater and film director Mark Zakharov dies at 85
Sep 28, 2019 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Mark Zakharov, a renowned Russian theater and film director whose productions were widely acclaimed and loved by several generations of Russians, has died....
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Former Alabama congressman Jack Edwards dies at 91
Sep 27, 2019 7:00 am - MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Jack Edwards of Alabama, who served 10 terms in Congress and was in the first wave of Deep South Republicans, died Friday. He wa...