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Marine whose book helped inspire HBO's 'The Pacific' dies

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - LANCASTER, Texas (AP) - A Marine whose book about grueling jungle combat during WWII became a basis for the HBO miniseries "The Pacific" has died at his home in Texas. S...
Former pitcher Scott Sanderson has died at 62

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Scott Sanderson, the right-hander who helped the Chicago Cubs make two playoff appearances and was a member of four postseason teams during a 19-year care...
Former Liverpool captain Tommy Smith dies at 74

The Associated Press
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Tommy Smith, a tough-tackling former Liverpool captain whose goal helped his hometown club win the European Cup for the first time, has died. H...
Chancellor Angela Merkel's mother has died at age 90

The Associated Press
Apr 11, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Chancellor Angela Merkel's office says the German leader's mother, Herlind Kasner, has died. She was 90. Merkel's office confirmed the death in a short sta...
Charles Van Doren, figure in game show scandals, dies at 93

By DAVE COLLINS
Apr 10, 2019 7:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Charles Van Doren, the dashing young academic whose meteoric rise and fall as a corrupt game show contestant in the 1950s inspired the movie "Quiz...
Longtime AP Sports Writer Rob Gloster has died at 62

By JIMMY GOLEN
Apr 10, 2019 7:00 am - GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - Rob Gloster, a longtime Associated Press Sports Writer who covered 10 Olympics, two soccer World Cups, tennis and golf majors, and other assignm...
Country musician Earl Thomas Conley dies at 77

The Associated Press
Apr 10, 2019 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country musician Earl Thomas Conley has died. He was 77. Erinn Scates of Nashville is one of Conley's daughters. She says her father passed away ...
Marilynn Smith, Hall of Famer and LPGA founder, dies at 89

The Associated Press
Apr 09, 2019 7:00 am - DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Marilynn Smith, one of the 13 founders of the LPGA Tour whose 21 victories, two majors and endless support of her tour led to her induction in...
Richard Cole, last WWII Doolittle Raider, dies in Texas

By DIANA HEIDGERD and DAN SEWELL
Apr 09, 2019 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, the last of the 80 Doolittle Tokyo Raiders who carried out the daring U.S. attack on Japan during World War II, died ...
Former Seton Hall baseball coach Mike Sheppard Sr. dies

The Associated Press
Apr 08, 2019 7:00 am - SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Mike Sheppard Sr., who coached Seton Hall's baseball program for 31 seasons and had 30 players reach the major leagues - including Hall of Fame...

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