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Elusive Nigerian funk musician William Onyeabor dies at 70

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - William Onyeabor, the elusive and influential Nigerian musician who pioneered a stuttering style of electronic funk during the '70s and '80s before retreating from music...
Jean Argetsinger, pillar of US road racing, dies at 97

The Associated Press
Jan 18, 2017 6:00 am - WATKINS GLEN, N.Y. (AP) - Jean Argetsinger, the matriarch of early American road racing and a leader in the creation of the International Motor Racing Research Center, h...
William Hilliard, former Oregonian editor, dies at 89

The Associated Press
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - William A. Hilliard, who became the first black reporter at The Oregonian newspaper and later its editor in a pioneering 42-year career, has died a...
Ex-Yugo general Trifunovic, symbol of senseless war, dies

By JOVANA GEC
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Former Yugoslav army general Vlado Trifunovic, whose treason conviction by Serbia's wartime nationalist leadership became a symbol of the sensele...
Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82

By SETH BORENSTEIN and MICHAEL GRACZYK
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Astronaut Gene Cernan traced his only child's initials in the dust of the lunar surface. Then he climbed into the lunar module for the ride home, becoming...
Nicodemo Scarfo, ex-Philadelphia mob boss, dies in prison

The Associated Press
Jan 17, 2017 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Nicodemo "Little Nicky" Scarfo, whose reign over the Philadelphia Mafia in the 1980s was one of the bloodiest in its history, has died at a federal m...
Kevin Starr, California's premier historian, dies at 76

By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Jan 16, 2017 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Former California State Librarian Kevin Starr, who is deemed the pre-eminent historian of the Golden State, has died. He was 76. Starr died of a hea...
Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82

By MICHAEL GRACZYK and SETH BORENSTEIN
Jan 16, 2017 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Former astronaut Gene Cernan, who as the last person to walk on the moon returned to Earth with a message of "peace and hope for all mankind," died on Mon...
Gene Cernan, last astronaut to walk on the moon, dies at 82

By SETH BORENSTEIN and MICHAEL GRACZYK
Jan 16, 2017 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Astronaut Gene Cernan traced his only child's initials in the dust of the lunar surface. Then he climbed into the lunar module for the ride home, becoming...
Former pro wrestler Jimmy 'Superfly' Snuka dies at 73

By RON TODT
Jan 15, 2017 6:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Former pro wrestler Jimmy "Superfly" Snuka, who earlier this month was found not competent to stand trial in the 1983 death of his girlfriend, has di...

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