Obituaries
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'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during Berlin airlift dies
Feb 17, 2022 6:00 am - DENVER (AP) - U.S. military pilot Gail S. Halvorsen - known as the 'œCandy Bomber'ť for his candy airdrops during the Berlin airlift after World War II ended - has died ...
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Oldest New England Patriots fan dies at 106
Feb 17, 2022 6:00 am - MEXICO, Maine (AP) - A Maine woman recognized by the New England Patriots as their oldest fan has died at age 106. Myrtle Milledge, of the town of Mexico, was well into ...
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Walter Dellinger, influential scholar and lawyer, dies at 80
Feb 16, 2022 6:00 am - DURHAM, N.C. (AP) - Walter E. Dellinger, a constitutional scholar who argued numerous cases before the Supreme Court, served in top positions in the Justice Department a...
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Valerie Boyd, Zora Neale Hurston biographer, dead at 58
Feb 15, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Valerie Boyd, who wrote a well regarded biography of Zora Neale Hurston and editor of an upcoming collection of author Alice Walker's journals, has died ...
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P.J. O'Rourke, irreverent author and commentator, dead at 74
Feb 15, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - P.J. O'Rourke, the prolific author and satirist who re-fashioned the irreverence and 'œGonzo'ť journalism of the 1960s counterculture into a distinctive ...
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Longtime West Chicago City Clerk Nancy Smith dies at 78Feb 15, 2022 12:00 am - Family, friends and colleagues are mourning the death of Nancy M. Smith, West Chicago's City Clerk for the past three decades. Smith died on Wednesday, Feb. 9, at the ag...
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'Ghostbusters' family, more react to death of Ivan Reitman
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ivan Reitman had his army of well-known collaborators but the filmmaker and producer's influence extended beyond that too, as evidenced by the tribute...
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Ivan Reitman, producer, 'Ghostbusters' director, dies at 75
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind many of the most beloved comedies of the late 20th century, from 'œAnimal House'ť to 'œGhostbusters,'ť has di...
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Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born abstract artist, dies at 106
Feb 13, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera, whose radiant color and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice, has died. She...
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Hugo Torres, Nicaragua ex-rebel leader Ortega jailed, dies
Feb 12, 2022 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - A former Sandinista guerrilla leader who once led a raid that helped free then rebel and now President Daniel Ortega from prison has died, his family ...