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Wrongfully convicted man dies 10 years after prison release

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man who spent 16 years in prison for crimes he didn't commit has died after an extended illness, a decade after being released. Levon...
Retired Indianapolis Archbishop Buechlein dies at 79

By TOM DAVIES
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Archbishop Daniel Buechlein, who led the Indianapolis Roman Catholic Archdiocese for 19 years before a stroke forced his retirement in 2011, has died...
Legendary skiing filmmaker Warren Miller dies at age 93

By PHUONG LE
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Warren Miller, the legendary outdoor filmmaker who for decades made homages to downhill skiing that he narrated with his own humorous style, has died. He ...
John Sherrill Houser, creator of divisive Onate statue, dies

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - John Sherrill Houser, a sculptor whose work includes a statue depicting conquistador Don Juan de Onate in El Paso, Texas, that divided residents...
Mark E Smith, founder of post-punk band The Fall, dies at 60

The Associated Press
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Mark E. Smith, lead singer and driving force of British post-punk band The Fall, died Wednesday. He was 60. The Fall manager and Smith's partner Pam Vander...
Ursula K. Le Guin, best-selling science fiction author, dies

By GILLIAN FLACCUS and HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Ursula K. Le Guin, the award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer who explored feminist themes and was best known for her Earthsea books, has...
Horror writer Jack Ketchum dead at 71

The Associated Press
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Ketchum, a prize-winning horror and screenplay writer known for fiction such as "The Box" and the controversial "Off Season," and once labeled by St...
South African jazz musician Hugh Masekela dies at 78

By KRISTA MAHR
Jan 23, 2018 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Hugh Masekela, the legendary South African jazz musician and anti-apartheid activist, has died after a decade-long fight with cancer. He was 78. Ofte...
Civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker dies; worked beside MLK

By DENISE LAVOIE
Jan 23, 2018 6:00 am - CHESTER, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, a leader in the civil rights movement who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. assemble his famous "Letter From Birmingh...
MLK confidant and civil rights leader Wyatt Tee Walker dies

By DENISE LAVOIE
Jan 23, 2018 6:00 am - CHESTER, Va. (AP) - The Rev. Wyatt Tee Walker, a leader in the civil rights movement who helped the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. assemble his famous "Letter From Birmingh...

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