Obituaries
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Former UConn basketball star Tony Hanson dead at 63
Nov 26, 2018 6:00 am - WINDHAM, Conn. (AP) - Former University of Connecticut basketball star Tony Hanson, who led the Huskies to the Sweet 16 in 1976, has died. He was 63 years old. Hanson di...
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Magician and actor Ricky Jay, of 'Boogie Nights,' dies at 72
Nov 25, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ricky Jay, a magician, historian of oddball entertainers and actor who appeared in "Boogie Nights" and other films, has died. He was 72. Jay died of natu...
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'Don't Look Now' director Nicolas Roeg dies at 90
Nov 24, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Nicolas Roeg, a director of provocative and otherworldly films who gave Mick Jagger and David Bowie enduring screen roles, has died. He was 90. The British...
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Michigan marching band official dies before Ohio St game
Nov 24, 2018 6:00 am - ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) - The director of operations for the University of Michigan marching band has died on the day of the big game against Ohio State. The university sa...
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Mick McGeough, NHL referee for 21 seasons, dies at 62
Nov 24, 2018 6:00 am - REGINA, Saskatchewan (AP) - Former NHL referee Mick McGeough has died at 62. The NHL said in a statement Saturday that McGeough died Friday night in Regina. A page set u...
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1 of the last survivors of 1921 Tulsa race riot dies at 103
Nov 23, 2018 6:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Olivia Hooker, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa race riots and among the first black women in the U.S. Coast Guard, has died. She was 103...
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Oldest US military survivor of Pearl Harbor dies at age 106
Nov 21, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ray Chavez, the oldest U.S. military survivor of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor that plunged the United States into World War II, died Wedne...
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Former Librarian of Congress James Billington dead at 89
Nov 21, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Librarian of Congress James Billington, who led the world's largest library for nearly three decades and brought it into the digital age, has di...
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Peter Simon, Martha's Vineyard photographer, dies at 71
Nov 19, 2018 6:00 am - OAK BLUFFS, Mass. (AP) - Peter Simon, a longtime photographer on Martha's Vineyard, has died at the age of 71. Family friend Mirabai Bush says Simon died Sunday of cardi...
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William Goldman, Oscar winner for 'Butch Cassidy,' has died
Nov 16, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - William Goldman, the Oscar-winning screenwriter and Hollywood wise man who won Academy Awards for "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid" and "All the Presi...