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Felton Pruett dies; played steel guitar with Hank Williams

The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A musician who played steel guitar with country legend Hank Williams on the Louisiana Hayride radio show, and broke his nose wrestling with Willia...
Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang dies of illness at 61

The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, the country's No. 2 after the ruling Communist Party's leader, died Friday after a serious illness, the govern...
A dog's life: Uno, beagle who wowed Westminster, dies at 13

By BEN WALKER
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - Every dog might have its day, but not many ever had a night like this. Cheered on by a roaring, packed crowd at Madison Square Garden, the playful beagle responded like ...
Padres scouting vice president Don Welke dies at 75

The Associated Press
Sep 20, 2018 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - San Diego Padres vice president of scouting Don Welke has died. He was 75. The team says he died Wednesday night in San Diego surrounded by family. No c...
Daughter of legendary soul singer James Brown dies

The Associated Press
Sep 20, 2018 7:00 am - AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - A daughter of the late Godfather of Soul James Brown has died. According to a news release from the James Brown Family Foundation, Venisha Brown died...
Robert Venturi, postmodernist architect, dies at 93

By JOANN LOVIGLIO and KRISTEN DE GROOT
Sep 20, 2018 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Architect Robert Venturi, who rejected austere modern design and instead ushered in postmodern complexity with the dictum "Less is a bore," has died....
Franco-Egyptian actor Gamil Ratib dies at 92

The Associated Press
Sep 19, 2018 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Gamil Ratib, an award-winning Franco-Egyptian actor whose roles as villain or aristocrat made him a household name across the Arab world, died Wednesday, st...
Arthur Mitchell, pioneering black ballet dancer, dies at 84

By DEEPTI HAJELA
Sep 19, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Arthur Mitchell, who broke barriers for African-Americans in the 1950s as a ballet dancer with the New York City Ballet and who would go on to become a d...
Detroit opera, fine arts champion David DiChiera dies at 83

The Associated Press
Sep 19, 2018 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Musician David DiChiera (DEE'-kee-AIR-uh), who championed opera's role in reviving downtown Detroit and directed several opera organizations nationwide, h...
Correction: Obit-Marin Mazzie story

The Associated Press
Sep 17, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Sept. 13 about the death of Marin Mazzie, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Mazzie met her husband at a defunct theater company c...

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