Obituaries
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'Caine Mutiny,' 'Winds of War' author Herman Wouk has died
May 17, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Herman Wouk, the versatile, Pulitzer Prize winning author of such million-selling novels as "The Caine Mutiny" and "The Winds of War" whose steady Jewish...
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Jodie Foster's mother and former manager Brandy dies at 90
May 16, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Evelyn "Brandy" Foster, who managed her daughter Jodie's career from her child-prodigy years through two Academy Awards, has died, her family said Thu...
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Ex-Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke dies at age 89
May 16, 2019 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Bob Hawke, Australia's longest-serving Labor Party prime minister, whose charisma and powers of persuasion earned him near-folk hero status am...
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Eric Talmadge, AP's North Korea bureau chief, dead at 57
May 16, 2019 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - Eric Talmadge, who as North Korea bureau chief for The Associated Press tenaciously chronicled life and politics in one of the world's least-un...
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I.M. Pei, architect who designed Louvre Pyramid, dies at 102
May 16, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - I.M. Pei (PAY), the versatile, globe-trotting architect who revived the Louvre with a giant glass pyramid and captured the spirit of rebellion at the mul...
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Comedian Tim Conway of 'The Carol Burnett Show' dies at 85
May 14, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tim Conway, the impish second banana to Carol Burnett who won four Emmy Awards on her TV variety show, starred aboard "McHale's Navy" and later voiced...
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Boxing judge Harold Lederman dead at 79
May 14, 2019 7:00 am - Harold Lederman, who judged fights for more than a half century and was a mainstay of HBO's boxing telecasts, has died at the age of 79. Lederman, a pharmacist by trade,...
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Teacher from Bartlett dies after medical emergency at Pingree Grove schoolMay 14, 2019 1:00 am - A "beloved" eighth-grade science teacher and volleyball coach at Cambridge Lakes Charter School in Pingree Grove died last week, school officials said. Danielle Kamp, 43...
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Reactions to the death of Doris Day
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tributes to Doris Day, who died Monday at age 97. "Oh Ms. Day, A Cincinnati girl just like me. How many letters I drafted to you and didn't send. I could...
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Beneath wholesome image, Doris Day was an actor of depth
May 13, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The very name "Doris Day," cheerful as a sunrise on a studio lot, was an invention. The beloved singer and actress, who died Monday at 97 , was a cont...