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Jamal Edwards, who nurtured UK musical talent, dead at 31

The Associated Press
Feb 21, 2022 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Jamal Edwards, a British music entrepreneur who championed U.K. rap and grime and helped launch the careers of artists including Ed Sheeran, Jessie J and S...
Dr. Paul Farmer, global humanitarian leader, dies at 62

By STEVE LeBLANC and DÃNICA COTO
Feb 21, 2022 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Dr. Paul Farmer, a U.S. physician, humanitarian and author renowned for providing health care to millions of impoverished people worldwide and who co-found...
Hockey Hall of Famer Emile Francis dies at 95

The Associated Press
Feb 20, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Emile 'œThe Cat'ť Francis, the diminutive goalie who became a Hall of Fame coach and general manager with the New York Rangers has died. He was 95. The R...
Minnesota Rep. Jim Hagedorn dies at 59 after cancer battle

By STEVE KARNOWSKI
Feb 18, 2022 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - U.S. Rep. Jim Hagedorn, a conservative Republican from southern Minnesota who followed his father's footsteps into Congress, has died after a battle w...
'Candy Bomber' who dropped sweets during Berlin airlift dies

By COLLEEN SLEVIN and KIRSTEN GRIESHABER
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 ...
Oldest New England Patriots fan dies at 106

The Associated Press
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 ...
Walter Dellinger, influential scholar and lawyer, dies at 80

By JONATHAN DREW and MARK SHERMAN
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...
Valerie Boyd, Zora Neale Hurston biographer, dead at 58

The Associated Press
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 ...
P.J. O'Rourke, irreverent author and commentator, dead at 74

The Associated Press
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 ...
Longtime West Chicago City Clerk Nancy Smith dies at 78

By Scott C. Morgan
Feb 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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