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US historian who spent decades in Afghanistan dies at 90

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An American historian who spent decades in Afghanistan working to preserve the heritage of the war-torn country died Sunday. An Afghan governme...
'Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson' composer, lyricist dies at 41

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Michael Friedman, an Obie-winning composer and lyricist known for the musicals "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson" and "Love's Labour's Lost," has died. He...
Hall of Fame Blackhawks defenseman Pierre Pilote passes away at age 85

Associated PRess
Sep 10, 2017 1:00 am - Hall of Fame defenseman Pierre Pilote, a three-time Norris Trophy winner who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the Stanley Cup in 1961, has died. He was 85. Pilote passe...
Joe DeNucci, boxer and long-serving politician, dies at 78

The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - NEWTON, Mass. (AP) - Joe DeNucci, a former world class middleweight boxing contender who became a politician and the longest-serving state auditor in Massachusetts histo...
Pierre Berge, magnate and Yves Saint Laurent's partner, dies

By ANGELA CHARLTON
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Pierre Berge, an influential French businessman, philanthropist and gay rights activist who helped build the fashion empire of his longtime lover Yves Saint...
Former Western Kentucky center Jim McDaniels dies at 69

The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - BOWLING GREEN, Ky. (AP) - Jim McDaniels, a 7-footer who led Western Kentucky to the NCAA Final Four in 1971 and ranks at or near the top of several statistical categorie...
Troy Gentry of Montgomery Gentry dies in helicopter crash

By MESFIN FEKADU
Sep 08, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - As one half of Montgomery Gentry, Troy Gentry - who died Friday in a helicopter crash - helped the country music duo become a successful act in the genre...
Sugar Ramos, champion shadowed by 2 ring deaths, dies at 75

By TIM DAHLBERG
Sep 07, 2017 7:00 am - Sugar Ramos, the Cuban featherweight champion whose fists led to two ring deaths - one inspiring a Bob Dylan song - has died in Mexico City. He was 75. He died Sunday fr...
Gene Michael, architect of 1990s Yankees dynasty, dies at 79

By RONALD BLUM
Sep 07, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Gene Michael, the slick-fielding shortstop nicknamed Stick who went on to manage the New York Yankees and then as an executive built a power that won fou...
Kate Millett, feminist author of 'Sexual Politics,' dies

By HILLEL ITALIE and ANGELA CHARLTON
Sep 07, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Kate Millett, the activist, artist and educator whose best-selling work "Sexual Politics" was a landmark of cultural criticism and a manifesto for the moder...

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