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Astronaut Walter Cunningham dies at 90; was last surviving member of Apollo 7...

By Seth Borenstein and Jake Bleiberg | Associated Press Walter Cunningham, the last surviving astronaut from the first successful crewed space mission in NASA’s Apollo program, died Tuesday in Houston....

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Football Hall of Famer Art McNally dies; he was a pioneer of instant replay...

By Josh Dubow | Associated Press Art McNally, the first on-field official inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, has died. He was 97. His son, Tom McNally, said Monday that his father died of...

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Actor-director Frank Galati dies; won 2 Tony awards for ‘Grapes of Wrath’

By Mark Kennedy | Associated Press NEW YORK — Frank Galati, an actor, director, teacher and adapter who was a pivotal figure in Chicago’s theater community and a two-time Tony Award winner, died...

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Musician Fred White dies at 67; was drummer for Earth, Wind & Fire

By Dan Heching | CNN Fred White, a drummer for classic ’70s superband Earth, Wind & Fire, has died, according to an Instagram post from his older brother and former bandmate, Verdine White. He was...

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Woman thought to be oldest person in US dies at age 115

Associated Press LAKE CITY, Iowa — An Iowa woman who was believed to be the oldest living person in the U.S. has died at the age of 115. Bessie Laurena Hendricks, of Lake City, died Tuesday at the...

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British novelist Fay Weldon dies; her ‘She-Devil’ book was turned into a...

By Sylvia Hui | Associated Press LONDON — British author Fay Weldon, known for her sharp wit and acerbic observations about women’s experiences and sexual politics in novels including “The Life and...

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Adam Rich, former ‘Eight is Enough’ child star, dies at 54

By Brian Melley | Associated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,”...

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Adam Rich, former ‘Eight is Enough’ child star, dies at 54

By Brian Melley | Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences in the late 1970s as “America’s little brother” on “Eight is Enough,” has...

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Rising MMA star Victoria Lee dies at 18

By Ben Church | CNN Victoria Lee, one of the brightest new stars in mixed martial arts (MMA), has died at the age of 18, her sister confirmed. “She has gone too soon and our family has been completely...

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Poet Charles Simic dies at 84; was poet laureate of U.S. from 2007-08

By Hillel Italie | Associated Press NEW YORK — Charles Simic, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet who awed critics and readers with his singular art of lyricism and economy, tragic insight and disruptive...

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Political commentator Lynette Hardaway dies at 51; was Diamond of pro-Trump...

By Hannah Schoenbaum | Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. — Lynette Hardaway, known by the moniker Diamond of the conservative political commentary duo Diamond and Silk, has died, former President Donald...

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Cardinal Pell, whose child sex abuse convictions were overturned, dies at 81

By Rod McGuirk and Nicole Winfield | Associated Press ROME — Cardinal George Pell, who was the most senior Catholic cleric to be convicted of child sex abuse and spent 404 days in solitary confinement...

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Constantine II, Greece’s last king, dies at 82

By Zahid Mahmood and Amarachi Orie | CNN The former King of Greece, Constantine II, has died at the age of 82, CNN affiliate CNN Greece reported on Tuesday. Constantine, an honorary member of the...

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Supermodel Tatjana Patitz dies at 56; was mainstay of magazine covers in...

SANTA BARBARA (AP) — Tatjana Patitz, one of an elite group of famed supermodels who graced magazine covers in the 1980s and ’90s and appeared in George Michael’s “Freedom! ’90” music video, has died at...

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Actor Quinn K. Redeker dies; played dastardly Alex Marshall on ‘Days of Our...

By Dan Heching | CNN Actor and writer Quinn K. Redeker, whose credits include “Days of Our Lives,” “The Young and the Restless” and “The Deer Hunter,” the latter of which earning him an Academy Award...

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Jeff Beck: Remembering 5 epic guitar solos from the rock legend

Fans around the globe are mourning the loss of Jeff Beck, the legendary guitarist who died Jan. 10 after reportedly contracting bacterial meningitis. The 78-year-old artist will be remembered as one of...

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Charles White, USC RB and 1979 Heisman Trophy winner, dies at 64

USC running back Charles White breaks loose for a short gain as Texas Tech’s Larry Flowers dives but can’t make the tackle during their Sept. 8, 1979 game in Lubbock, Texas. (AP Photo/Donna Carson) USC...

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Lisa Marie Presley dies at 54; singer-songwriter was only child of Elvis Presley

By Kristin M. Hall and Hillel Italie | Associated Press Lisa Marie Presley, the only child of Elvis Presley and a singer-songwriter dedicated to her father’s legacy, died Thursday after being...

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Lisa Marie Presley said son’s suicide literally ‘shattered’ her heart,...

The death of Lisa Marie Presley from cardiac arrest has left many shocked, saddened and wondering how her loss could come so suddenly and at the relatively the young age of 54. People question whether...

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Musician Robbie Bachman dies at age 69; was drummer for Bachman-Turner Overdrive

By Issy Ronald | CNN Robbie Bachman — the drummer of Canadian rock band Bachman-Turner Overdrive — has died at age 69, his brother and bandmate Randy Bachman announced via Twitter on Thursday. “Another...

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