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Speedway Motorsports founder Bruton Smith dies at 95

By JENNA FRYER
Jun 22, 2022 7:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - O. Bruton Smith, who emerged from North Carolina farm country and parlayed his love of motorsports into a Hall of Fame career as one of the bigges...
Tony Siragusa, who helped Ravens win Super Bowl, dies at 55

By NOAH TRISTER
Jun 22, 2022 7:00 am - Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who was part of one of the most celebrated defenses in NFL history with the Baltimore Ravens, died Wednesday. He was 55. ...
Jonny Nilsson, Olympic speedskating champ in '64, dies at 79

The Associated Press
Jun 22, 2022 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Jonny Nilsson, a Swedish speedskater who won the gold medal in the 10,000 meters at the Winter Olympics at Innsbruck in 1964, has died. He was 7...
James Rado, who co-created groundbreaking 'Hair,' dies at 90

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Jun 22, 2022 1:00 am - NEW YORK - James Rado, co-creator of the groundbreaking hippie musical "Hair," which celebrated protest, pot and free love and paved the way for the sound of rock on Bro...
Coroner: Former Purdue star Caleb Swanigan dies at 25

The Associated Press
Jun 21, 2022 7:00 am - FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) - Former Purdue basketball star Caleb Swanigan has died at 25. The Allen County Coroner's office confirmed Tuesday that Swanigan died Monday of nat...
Clela Rorex, who issued 1st same-sex marriage licenses, dies

The Associated Press
Jun 20, 2022 7:00 am - BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Clela Rorex, a former Colorado county clerk considered a pioneer in the gay rights movement for being the first public official to issue a same-sex...
After writer's murder in the Amazon, can his vision survive?

By DAVID BILLER
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - LVIV, Ukraine (AP) - British journalist Dom Phillips' quest to unlock the secrets of how to preserve Brazil's Amazon was cut short this month when he was killed along wi...
Danish ex-foreign minister Uffe Ellemann-Jensen dies at 80

By JARI TANNER
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - HELSINKI (AP) - Uffe Ellemann-Jensen, who was Denmark's foreign minister for more than 10 years from the early 1980s and was considered one of the Nordic region's key po...
George Lamming, a giant of modern Caribbean writing, dies

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Lamming, a giant of post-colonial literature whose novels, essays and speeches influenced readers and peers in his native Barbados and around the ...
Gennady Burbulis, top Yeltsin aide and official, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Jun 19, 2022 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Gennady Burbulis, a top aide to Russian President Boris Yeltsin who helped prepare and sign the 1991 pact that led to the formal breakup of the Soviet Unio...

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