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New Yorker cartoonist Hamilton killed in Kentucky accident

The Associated Press
Apr 11, 2016 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Cartoonist William Hamilton, whose work for The New Yorker magazine satirized the wealthy, has died in a car accident in Kentucky. He was 76. Kerr ...
Chicago DJ Doug Banks dies at 57

Chicago Sun-Times
Apr 11, 2016 1:00 am - Legendary Chicago DJ Doug Banks has died, his longtime I-Heart radio station V103 announced Monday afternoon. "Doug, a true radio legend, has passed away today," the sta...
NY medical examiner who oversaw office on 9/11 dies at 79

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Apr 08, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dr. Charles Hirsch, who oversaw the city medical examiner's office for more than two decades and whose staff helped identify the remains of Sept. 11 vict...
Beloved Atlanta personality 'Phantom of the Fox' dies

By KATE BRUMBACK
Apr 08, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Joe Patten, affectionately known as the "Phantom of the Fox," spent much of his life restoring, preserving and living in Atlanta's fabulous Fox Theatre - ...
'Blood, Sweat & Heels' reality TV star Daisy Lewellyn dies

By LYNN ELBER
Apr 08, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Daisy Lewellyn, who starred in Bravo's "Blood, Sweat & Heels" reality series, died Friday of a rare form of cancer, the channel said. She was 36. Th...
Former Daily Herald ad exec remembered as friend to all

By Christopher Placek
Apr 08, 2016 1:00 am - A former Daily Herald advertising sales executive is being remembered for the mark he made on the business and on his clients and co-workers who became lifelong friends....
Country icon Merle Haggard, champion of the underdog, dies

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country giant Merle Haggard, who rose from poverty and prison to international fame through his songs about outlaws, underdogs and an abiding sen...
Ogden Mills Phipps, owner and horse racing giant, dies at 75

The Associated Press
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ogden Mills "Dinny" Phipps, a prominent thoroughbred owner and breeder whose stable produced 2013 Kentucky Derby winner Orb, has died. He was 75. Phipps ...
Working man's poet, Merle Haggard lived his life in song

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Merle Haggard didn't just write great country songs, he lived them. His real life experiences of poverty as the son of Oklahoma migrants, an earl...
Reaction to death of country star Merle Haggard

By The Associated Press
Apr 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Here's a sample of reaction to the death of country music star Merle Haggard. "He was my brother, my friend. I will miss him." - Willie Nelson. ___ "The ...

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