Obituaries
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Robin Leach of 'Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous' dies
Aug 24, 2018 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Robin Leach, whose voice crystallized the opulent 1980s on TV's "Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous," died Friday. He was 76 His son, Steven Leach, said ...
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Longtime Florida child advocate George Sheldon dies at 71
Aug 24, 2018 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Longtime public servant George H. Sheldon, who served at the helm of child welfare agencies in Florida and Illinois and also with the federa...
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Former Lynyrd Skynyrd guitarist Ed King dies at age 68
Aug 23, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ed King, a former guitarist for Lynyrd Skynyrd who helped write several of the group's hits including "Sweet Home Alabama," has died in Nashville...
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'LazyTown' villain Stefan Karl Stefansson dies at 43
Aug 22, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Icelandic actor Stefan Karl Stefansson, who played villain Robbie Rotten in the children's TV series "LazyTown," has died of cancer. He was 43. The actor's...
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Tony Award-winning actress Barbara Harris dies at age 83
Aug 21, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barbara Harris, the Tony Award-winning actress whose comic-neurotic charms lit up the Broadway stage and helped her steal films including "Nashville,"...
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Funeral home: Motown Funk Brother fret man Eddie Willis dies
Aug 20, 2018 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - A funeral home director says Eddie Willis, a key session guitarist for Motown Records, has died at his Mississippi home. Clark-Williams Funeral Home Direc...
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Pearl Harbor survivor who pushed to identify 'unknowns' dies
Aug 20, 2018 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - A Pearl Harbor survivor who pushed to identify buried unknown remains from the 1941 attack died Monday at age 97. Ray Emory lived through the early morni...
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Pacifist, socialist leader David McReynolds dead at 88
Aug 18, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Longtime pacifist and socialist activist David McReynolds has died at age 88. McReynolds has died Friday in a hospital after falling in his New York City...
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Former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan dies at age 80
Aug 18, 2018 7:00 am - ACCRA, Ghana (AP) - Kofi Annan, a charismatic global diplomat and the first black African to become United Nations secretary-general who led the world body through one o...
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Former Detroit Lions LB Paul Naumoff dies at 73
Aug 18, 2018 7:00 am - LENOIR CITY, Tenn. (AP) - Paul Naumoff, the former Pro Bowl linebacker who spent 12 seasons with the Detroit Lions, has died. He was 73. Larry Click, funeral director at...