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Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98

By JOHN HANNA and CALVIN WOODWARD
Dec 05, 2021 6:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbo...
'He was an American giant': Former Aurora man, press secretary remembers Dole as a hero

By Steve Zalusky
Dec 05, 2021 12:00 am - Sen. Bob Dole's former press secretary and a senior adviser to his 1996 presidential campaign remembered the Kansas statesman on Sunday as an American hero, a solid Repu...
Edward Shames, last 'Band of Brothers' officer, dies at 99

The Associated Press
Dec 04, 2021 6:00 am - NORFOLK, Va. (AP) - Edward Shames, a World War II veteran who was the last surviving officer of 'œEasy Company,'ť which inspired the HBO miniseries and book 'œBand of Br...
Grand Ole Opry country singer Stonewall Jackson dies at 89

The Associated Press
Dec 04, 2021 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Country musician Stonewall Jackson, who sang on the Grand Ole Opry for more than 50 years and had No. 1 hits with 'œWaterloo'ť and others, died S...
Horst Eckel, last of the 1954 World Cup winners, dies at 89

By CIARÃN FAHEY
Dec 03, 2021 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Horst Eckel, the last surviving member of West Germany's 1954 World Cup-winning team, has died. He was 89. The German soccer federation said Eckel died Fri...
Lamine Diack, ex IAAF chief convicted of corruption, dies

By BABACAR DIONE and GRAHAM DUNBAR
Dec 03, 2021 6:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Lamine Diack, the controversial long-time leader of track and field who was convicted of extorting money from athletes and accused of taking bribes...
Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72

By JILL LAWLESS
Dec 03, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died aged 72, the Royal Shakespeare Company said Friday. Sher had been ...
Czech travel writer Miroslav Zikmund dies at 102

The Associated Press
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Miroslav Zikmund, a legendary Czech travel writer, has died. He was 102. The museum in the eastern city of Zlin, where Zikmund had lived, announced his dea...
Kentucky author and 'Merry Prankster' Ed McClanahan dies

The Associated Press
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Ed McClanahan, a Kentucky author, teacher and friend of counterculture icon Ken Kesey, died Saturday at his home in Lexington, according to his wif...
Petr Uhl, journalist, communist-era dissident dies at 80

The Associated Press
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Petr Uhl, a Czech journalist who was one of the country's leading communist-era dissidents and human rights activists, has died at 80. His wife, former Cze...

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