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Survivor of Nagasaki bomb who campaigned to ban nukes dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Aug 30, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Sumiteru Taniguchi, who devoted his life to seeking to abolish nuclear weapons after he was burned severely in the 1945 atomic bomb attack on his hometown o...
Former Michigan State coach Jud Heathcote dies at 90

By LARRY LAGE
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - Jud Heathcote, who led Michigan State and Magic Johnson to the 1979 NCAA championship, has died. He was 90. The school announced Heathcote died Monday in Spokane, Washin...
'The Elephant Man' playwright Bernard Pomerance dies at 76

By MARK KENNEDY
Aug 29, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bernard Pomerance, the playwright best known for the Tony Award-winning play about a horribly deformed man that has lured some of Hollywood's biggest nam...
French actress, filmmaker Mireille Darc dies at 79

The Associated Press
Aug 28, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French actress Mireille Darc, who performed with some of France's leading directors and had a long relationship with actor Alain Delon, has died at 79. Fren...
Tobe Hooper, 'Texas Chain Saw Massacre' director, dies at 74

By ROBERT JABLON and JAKE COYLE
Aug 27, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tobe Hooper, the horror-movie pioneer whose low-budget sensation "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre" took a buzz saw to audiences with its brutally frightf...
Cregier remembered as hall of fame coach, family man

By Steve Zalusky
Aug 27, 2017 1:00 am - The suburban prep basketball world is mourning the loss of Ron Cregier, whose 42-year coaching career featured stops at St. Viator, Schaumburg and Fremd high schools bef...
Lew Ferguson, esteemed AP Kansas political reporter, dies

By JOHN HANNA
Aug 25, 2017 7:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Lew Ferguson, who mentored dozens of other journalists during a long career with The Associated Press that included nearly three decades covering Kan...
Cecil Andrus, logger who rose to Idaho governor, dies at 85

By KIMBERLEE KRUESI and KEITH RIDLER
Aug 25, 2017 7:00 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Cecil D. Andrus managed huge swaths of public land as a cabinet member in President Jimmy Carter's administration and was the longest-serving governo...
'Cheers' actor, radio host Jay Thomas dies at 69

By LYNN ELBER
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jay Thomas, a radio talk show host and actor with recurring roles on the sitcoms "Murphy Brown" and "Cheers," has died, his publicist said. Thomas was...
Philadelphia Eagles fan gets last laugh with obituary

The Associated Press
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 am - PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man took a parting shot at the Philadelphia Eagles in his obituary. Jeffrey Riegel, 56, died last Friday. Before his death, the P...

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