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'Equus' and 'Amadeus' playwright Peter Shaffer dies at 90

By JILL LAWLESS
Jun 06, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British playwright Peter Shaffer, whose durable, award-winning hits included "Equus" and "Amadeus," has died. He was 90. Shaffer's agent, Rupert Lord, said...
Former Philadelphia Tribune president Waverly Easley dies

The Associated Press
Jun 06, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The former president of the Philadelphia Tribune, the nation's oldest continuously published African-American newspaper, has died. Waverly Easley was...
My hours with Ali: He used his power to produce smiles

By Lindsey Willhite
Jun 05, 2016 7:00 am - Editor’s note: Former Daily Herald sports writer Lindsey Willhite reminisces about what he learned from an extended interview with the boxing great in his later years...
Legendary Wheaton College coach remembered for sportsmanship, faith

By Lauren Rohr
Jun 05, 2016 1:00 am - LeRoy Pfund may have been a professional baseball player for years, but his legacy as a coach and community servant is rooted in the suburbs. Pfund, a former Brooklyn Do...
Obama says Ali shook up the world and left it better off

By KEVIN FREKING
Jun 04, 2016 7:00 am - STUART, Fla. (AP) - President Barack Obama, who keeps a pair of boxing gloves worn by Muhammad Ali in his private study off the Oval Office, said Saturday that Ali "shoo...
The Latest: Jim Brown recalls Ali as social force, comedian

By The Associated Press
Jun 04, 2016 7:00 am - The Latest on the death of Muhammad Ali (all times EDT): ___ 9:30 p.m. A sports icon in his own right, NFL great Jim Brown says Muhammad Ali stands alone in his ability ...
Muhammad Ali, who riveted the world as 'The Greatest,' dies

By TIM DAHLBERG
Jun 04, 2016 7:00 am - He was fast of fist and foot - lip, too - a heavyweight champion who promised to shock the world and did. He floated. He stung. Mostly he thrilled, even after the punche...
Images: Muhammad Ali, 1942-2016

Associated Press
Jun 04, 2016 12:30 am - Heavyweight champion Muhammad Ali's irrepressible personality transcended sports and the world, so that so many facets of his career and life made news. These images sho...
Celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh dies in London at age 65

The Associated Press
Jun 03, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - The prolific celebrity biographer Wendy Leigh has died in London. She was 65. Her agent Dan Strone at Trident Media Group said Friday that she died in a fa...
Former Brooklyn Dodger Lee Pfund, 96, dies

The Associated Press
Jun 03, 2016 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Former Brooklyn Dodgers pitcher Lee Pfund has died. He was 96. Pfund was the father of former Los Angeles Lakers coach and Miami Heat general manager Randy ...

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