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'Go-Go' Chisox outfielder 'Jungle Jim' Rivera dies at age 96

The Associated Press
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - "Jungle Jim" Rivera, an outfielder on the 1959 "Go-Go" White Sox pennant-winning team, has died. He was 96. The team says he died Monday night in Fort Way...
Boston Red Sox great Bobby Doerr dies at 99

By JEFF BARNARD
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Bobby Doerr, the Hall of Fame second baseman dubbed the "Silent Captain" of the Boston Red Sox by longtime teammate and friend Ted Williams, has...
'Lady Chatterley' lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson dies at 102

By JILL LAWLESS
Nov 14, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson, a towering legal figure who helped liberalize British laws around sex and freedom of expression, has died. He was 102. Hutchinson...
French downhill skier David Poisson dies in training crash

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Nov 13, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French downhill skier David Poisson, a former medalist at the world championships, died on Monday following a training crash in Canada. He was 35. The Frenc...
Former Old Dominion coach Jeff Capel Jr. dies of ALS

The Associated Press
Nov 13, 2017 6:00 am - FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. (AP) - Former Old Dominion and Fayetteville State coach Jeff Capel Jr. has died, less than two years after being diagnosed with ALS. Fayetteville Stat...
Liz Smith, syndicated gossip columnist, dies at 94

By CHRISTINA PACIOLLA
Nov 12, 2017 6:00 am - Liz Smith, the syndicated gossip columnist whose mixture of banter, barbs, and bon mots about the glitterati helped her climb the A-list as high as many of the celebriti...
San Francisco's first Chinese-American police officer dies

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2017 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Herb Lee, San Francisco's first Chinese-American police officer, has died. He was 84. The San Francisco Chronicle reports that Lee died Nov. 1 of co...
Lou Gehrig biographer Ray Robinson dead at 96

The Associated Press
Nov 10, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ray Robinson, an author and magazine editor best known for a well-regarded biography of his childhood hero Lou Gehrig, has died. Robinson's friend Marty ...
Karin Dor, would-be assassin in 'You Only Live Twice,' dies

The Associated Press
Nov 09, 2017 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - German actress Karin Dor, who played an assassin sent by James Bond's nemesis Blofeld to kill the British agent in 1967's "You Only Live Twice," has died. ...
Former AP Hawaii bureau chief Gordon Sakamoto dies at age 82

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER
Nov 09, 2017 6:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - Gordon Sakamoto, one of the first Asian-Americans hired to work in a U.S. bureau of an international news service, died Wednesday at 82. Sakamoto, a form...

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