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Robert Coover, innovative author and teacher, dies at 92

NEW YORK (AP) — Robert Coover, the exuberant and rule-defying fiction writer and educator who devised new adventures for literature through such works as "The Babysitter" and "The Public Burning" and through his decades on the faculty of Brown Univer
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Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63

Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63

Christopher Ciccone, a multihyphenate artist, dancer, designer and younger brother of Madonna , has died. He was 63. Ciccone died Friday in Michigan, his representative Brad Taylor told The Associated Press Sunday. He had cancer.
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Madonna’s brother, Christopher Ciccone, has died at 63

Christopher Ciccone, a multihyphenate artist, dancer, designer and younger brother of Madonna , has died. He was 63. Ciccone died Friday in Michigan, his representative Brad Taylor told The Associated Press Sunday. He had cancer.
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Mimis Plessas, a mild-mannered giant of modern Greek music, dies at 99

Mimis Plessas, a mild-mannered giant of modern Greek music, dies at 99

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Mimis Plessas, a beloved Greek composer whose music featured in scores of films, television shows and theatrical productions and who provided the soundtrack to millions of Greeks’ lives, has died just a week shy of his 100th bir
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Greg Landry, former Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach, dead at 77

Greg Landry, former Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach, dead at 77

DETROIT (AP) — Greg Landry, the former Detroit Lions quarterback and assistant coach, has died. He was 77. The Lions announced Landry's death on social media Friday. No cause of death was given.
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Steven Hurst, who covered world events for The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died at 77

Steven Hurst, who covered world events for The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died at 77

Steven R. Hurst, who over a decades-long career in journalism covered major world events including the end of the Soviet Union and the Iraq War as he worked for news outlets including The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died. He was 77.
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Eva Vergara, longtime AP Chile correspondent, dies at 68

Eva Vergara, longtime AP Chile correspondent, dies at 68

Chilean journalist Eva Vergara, who in her four decades at The Associated Press covered stories including the first protests against the dictatorship of Gen.
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Steven Hurst, who covered world events for The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died at 77

Steven R. Hurst, who over a decades-long career in journalism covered major world events including the end of the Soviet Union and the Iraq War as he worked for news outlets including The Associated Press, NBC and CNN, has died. He was 77.
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Pro Football Hall of Famer and former Georgia Tech and Buffalo Bills great Billy Shaw dead at 85

CANTON, Ohio (AP) — Billy Shaw, an all-time AFL great guard who powered the Buffalo Bills' famed rushing attack of the 1960s, died Friday. He was 85. The Pro Football Hall of Fame said Shaw died at his home in Toccoa, Georgia.
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Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor and president of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91

Victor Perahia, Holocaust survivor and president of French Union of Auschwitz Deportees, dies at 91

PARIS (AP) — Victor Perahia, the president of the French Union of Auschwitz Deportees and a Holocaust survivor, has died. He was 91.
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