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Diego Maradona, soccer legend from Argentina, dies at 60
By Debora Rey | Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who was among the best players ever and who led his country to the 1986 World Cup title before...
View ArticleIlene Weinreb, Hayward’s first elected female mayor, dies at 89
HAYWARD — Ilene Weinreb, who after sitting at city council meetings thought she could do as good a job as those on the dais and became Hayward’s first elected female mayor, has died. She was 89....
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Tony Hsieh, former Zappos CEO and ‘tremendous visionary,’ dies at 46
By Alta Spells and Christina Maxouris | CNN Tony Hsieh, the former CEO of Zappos, died peacefully and surrounded by family on Friday, according to a statement emailed to CNN by Megan Fazio, a...
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Abune Melketsedek, Ethiopian church leader in Oakland, dies at 97
OAKLAND — Abune Melketsedek, a former archbishop in Ethiopia who came to Oakland almost three decades ago and became a minister at the Mekane Selam Medhanealem Cathedral, has died. He was 97....
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Dave Prowse, actor behind the Darth Vader mask, dies at 85
By Jill Lawless | Associated Press LONDON — Dave Prowse, the British weightlifter-turned-actor who was the body, though not the voice, of arch-villain Darth Vader in the original “Star Wars” trilogy,...
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San Jose church stabbing: Mourners honor victims, recommit to homeless shelter
SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – DECEMBER 1: Community members leave flowers and candles after a candlelight vigil for the five victims stabbed at the Grace Baptist Church shelter, outside of the church shelter...
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Wrestling trailblazer Pat Patterson dies at 79
By Allen Kim | CNN Legendary wrestler Pat Patterson has died, World Wrestling Entertainment announced Wednesday. Wrestler Pat Patterson, seen here in 2017, has died. He was 79. “WWE is saddened to...
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Rafer Johnson, Olympic champ who helped subdue RFK’s assassin, dies at 86
Click here if you’re having trouble viewing this photo gallery on a mobile device. FILE – In this Sept. 5, 1960, file photo, Rafer Johnson of the United States, center, finishers the fourth heat of the...
View ArticleEast Bay wrestling champ ’embodied’ what his school’s program wanted to be
Caesar Borela had no idea what lay ahead for him the first time he showed up to a wrestling practice at Heritage High in Brentwood. All he knew was that he was interested in the sport and wanted to...
View ArticleThe gold standard: Rafer Johnson’s extraordinary life ends at age 86
Those who knew Rafer Johnson tell their stories in sympathetic tones to those who didn’t, as if it were the lost opportunity of a lifetime. Johnson was the 1960 Olympic champion in the decathlon. When...
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Valery Giscard d’Estaing, president who helped modernize France, dies at 94
By Michel Rose and Sarah White | Reuters PARIS — Former President Valery Giscard d’Estaing, who championed European integration and helped modernize French society in the 1970s, has died at the age of...
View ArticleEddie Benton-Banai, co-founder of the American Indian Movement, dies at 89
By Amy Forliti and Felicia Fonseca | Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS — Eddie Benton-Banai, who helped found the American Indian Movement partly in response to alleged police brutality against Indigenous...
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Bob Gibson, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher who dominated in 1960s, dies at 84
Click here if you’re having trouble viewing this photo gallery on a mobile device. FILE – In this 1967 file photo, St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Gibson poses for a photo during baseball spring...
View ArticleAlison Lurie, novelist who won Pulitzer for ‘Foreign Affairs’, dies at 94
By Hillel Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK — Alison Lurie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose satirical and cerebral tales of love and academia included the marital saga “The War Between the...
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Victim of San Jose church stabbing warmly remembered; suspect’s arraignment...
A correction to an earlier version of this article has been appended to the end of the article. SAN JOSE — An arraignment was delayed again for the man charged with stabbing five people, killing two,...
View ArticleEx-Raiders player and strength coach Marv Marinovich dies at 81
Former NFL lineman and strength coach Marv Marinovich — a Watsonville High alum who captained USC’s 1962 national championship team — died Thursday at 81, USC reported. A family member spoke with the...
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David Lander, Squiggy in ‘Laverne & Shirley,’ dies at 73
Actor David Lander, best known as Squiggy on the ABC sitcom “Laverne & Shirley,” died Friday evening at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles, his family confirmed to Variety. He was 73....
View ArticleCOVID-19: Long-time Bay Area horserace trainer succumbs to virus
Robert B. Hess, Sr., a long-time Bay Area horse trainer, has died from complications of COVID-19 after contracting the virus during an outbreak last month at Golden Gate Fields in Berkeley. He was 86....
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Dick Allen, feared hitter who battled racism while playing for Phillies in...
Click here if you’re having trouble viewing this photo gallery on a mobile device. FILE – This is a March 1964 file photo showing Philadelphia Phillies baseball player Dick Allen at spring training in...
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Natalie Desselle dies at 53; starred in ‘B.A.P.S,’ ‘Eve’
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Comedic actor Natalie Desselle Reid died Monday at age 53; her family said the cause was colon cancer. Natalie Desselle, left, and Halle Berry in “B.A.P.S.” Reid starred alongside...
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