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Comedian, civil rights activist Dick Gregory dies at 84

By DAISY NGUYEN
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dick Gregory, the comedian and activist and who broke racial barriers in the 1960s and used his humor to spread messages of social justice and nutriti...
Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host dies, at 91

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a self-con...
Comedians, stars react to death of Jerry Lewis

The Associated Press
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Reaction to the death of comedy legend Jerry Lewis: "That fool was no dummy. Jerry Lewis was an undeniable genius an unfathomable blessing, comedy's a...
Jerry Lewis, comedy icon and telethon host, dies at 91

By LINDSEY BAHR
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jerry Lewis, the manic, rubber-faced showman who jumped and hollered to fame in a lucrative partnership with Dean Martin, settled down to become a sel...
The Latest: France pays homage to 'laughter genius' Lewis

The Associated Press
Aug 20, 2017 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Latest on the death of comedian and filmmaker Jerry Lewis (all times local): 4:45 p.m. France's culture minister is paying homage to the "laughter g...
Prize-winning Polish-US playwright Janusz Glowacki dies

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA
Aug 19, 2017 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Renowned Polish-U.S. playwright and screenwriter Janusz Glowacki, who won top prizes for his bitter, ironic analysis of the difficult lives of immi...
Colin Meads, greatest All Black of 20th century, dies at 81

By STEVE McMORRAN
Aug 19, 2017 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Colin Meads, a famously tough All Blacks lock hailed as New Zealand's greatest rugby player of the 20th century, has died after a year-lon...
Bruce Forsyth, veteran British TV host and entertainer, dies

By FRAZIER MOORE
Aug 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Forsyth, a legendary entertainer, host and quizmaster on English television whose career spanned the history of TV, has died. The BBC announced tha...
'Predator' actor Sonny Landham dead at 76

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sonny Landham, the muscular action-movie actor who co-starred in "Predator" and "48 Hrs," has died. He was 76. Landham's sister, Dawn Boehler, said the a...
Legendary Prospect basketball coach set the bar high

By Eileen O. Daday
Aug 18, 2017 1:00 am - Dick Kinneman, the first boys basketball coach at Prospect High School, set the bar high and created a legacy that is remembered some 50 years later. The North Barringto...

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