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Nanci Griffith
Sang Stories
About Love
and Texas

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Aug 13, 2021 5:35 PM CDT

Nanci Griffith Sang Stories About Love and Texas

Grammy-winning singer-songwriter was 68

(Newser) - Nanci Griffith, the Grammy-winning folk singer-songwriter from Texas whose literary songs like "Love at the Five and Dime" celebrated the South, has died. She was 68. Her management company said Griffith died Friday but did not provide a cause of death, the AP reports. Griffith worked closely with other...

He Spent a
Decade Talking
to the Nation

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Aug 12, 2021 12:02 PM CDT

He Spent a Decade Talking to the Nation

Longtime NPR journalist Neal Conan dies of brain cancer at 71

(Newser) - You may not have recognized his face, but you probably knew his voice . Neal Conan, who hosted the popular NPR show Talk of the Nation for 11 years until its 2013 end , died Tuesday at age 71. Conan's son, Connor, revealed the longtime radio journalist died of glioblastoma, a...

Alfred Hitchcock's
Only Child Has Died

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Aug 11, 2021 1:51 PM CDT

Alfred Hitchcock's Only Child Has Died

Patricia Hitchcock was 93

(Newser) - Patricia Hitchcock O’Connell, the only child of Alfred Hitchcock and an actor herself who made a memorable appearance in her father’s Strangers on a Train and championed his work in the decades following his death, has died at age 93. Hitchcock died Monday in her sleep at home...

Man Born Into
'Track Royalty'
Dead at 26

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Aug 11, 2021 11:35 AM CDT

Man Born Into 'Track Royalty' Dead at 26

Death of Carl Lewis' godson Cameron Burrell reported at parking garage

(Newser) - A former NCAA track star who was the godson of US track and field legend Carl Lewis has died. Cameron Burrell, a former University of Houston sprinter who won NCAA championships in the 100-meter race in 2018 and in the 4x100-meter relay in 2017 and 2018, died Monday at age...

Former Olympic Cyclist Olivia Podmore Dead at 24

'I Wish She Had
Said Something':
Ex-Olympic Cyclist
Dead at 24

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Aug 11, 2021 9:45 AM CDT

'I Wish She Had Said Something': Ex-Olympic Cyclist Dead at 24

Earlier on the day of her death, Olivia Podmore posted a since-deleted Instagram post

(Newser) - On Monday, former Olympic cyclist Olivia Podmore posted a since-deleted Instagram post that talked about the pressures faced by top athletes. By Monday evening, the 24-year-old from New Zealand was dead. A police rep told Reuters that police were called to "a sudden death" at a property in Waikato...

She Was the Anti-Shirley Temple —and Josephine the Plumber

One of the Last
Remaining Stars
From '30s, '40s
Is Dead at 95

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Aug 9, 2021 12:06 AM CDT

One of the Last Remaining Stars From '30s, '40s Is Dead at 95

Jane Withers went from child star to commercial star

(Newser) - Jane Withers, the former child actor who bedeviled Shirley Temple on the screen and went on to star in a series of B movies that made her a box-office champion, has died, her daughter said. She was 95. Withers, also known as “Josephine the Plumber” from TV commercials in...

Markie Post, Best Known for
Night Court, Dies at 70

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Aug 8, 2021 5:10 PM CDT

Markie Post, Best Known for Night Court, Dies at 70

The veteran actress had been battling cancer for years

(Newser) - Markie Post, who played the public defender in the 1980s sitcom Night Court and was a regular presence on television for four decades, has died, per the AP . She was 70. Post's manager, Ellen Lubin Sanitsky, said Post died Saturday in Los Angeles after a years-long battle with cancer....

Bobby Bowden Built
Dynasty at Florida State

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Aug 8, 2021 12:55 PM CDT

Bobby Bowden Built Dynasty at Florida State

Longtime coach ranks second in major college football victories

(Newser) - Bobby Bowden, the folksy Hall of Fame coach who built Florida State into an unprecedented college football dynasty, has died. He was 91. His son, Terry, said his father died Sunday at home in Tallahassee, surrounded by family, the AP reports. Bobby Bowden announced last month that he had a...

Beloved New York City Owl
Killed in Central Park

Aug 8, 2021 9:00 AM CDT

Beloved New York City Owl Killed in Central Park

Barry is gone

(Newser) - A barred owl that had become a sort of New York City celebrity after taking up residence in the city's famed Central Park has been killed. Barry, as she was affectionately known, was fatally struck by one of the privately maintained park's maintenance vehicles, the park Conservancy announced...

Stroke Ended
the All-Star
Career of
JR Richard

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Aug 5, 2021 7:05 PM CDT

Stroke Ended the All-Star Career of JR Richard

Astros star later overcame homelessness

(Newser) - JR Richard, a star starting pitcher for the Houston Astros during the 1970s whose career was ended by a stroke, died Wednesday. He was 71, Click2Houston reports. In a statement, the Astros said Richard "will forever be remembered as an intimidating figure on the mound and as one of...

She Was a Rock Critic Who
Became Jim Morrison's Partner

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Aug 5, 2021 4:06 PM CDT

She Was a Rock Critic Who Became Jim Morrison's Partner

Patricia Kennealy-Morrison is dead at 75

(Newser) - An obituary from the world of music is notable on two fronts: Patricia Kennealy-Morrison was a pioneering rock critic, but she might be better known for becoming the partner of a frontman she interviewed—Jim Morrison of the Doors. Kennealy-Morrison died of complications from heart disease in New York City...

Powerful Labor Leader,
a Former Mine Worker, Is Dead

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Aug 5, 2021 1:45 PM CDT

Powerful Labor Leader, a Former Mine Worker, Is Dead

Richard Trumka of the AFL-CIO was 72

(Newser) - The president of the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka, has died. He was 72, and the cause of death was not immediately revealed. Trumka headed the powerful labor organization since 2009, when he moved up to the post from the next level down, secretary-treasurer, a job he’d had since 1995. Before...

Mother of Would-Be
Reagan Assassin Dies

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Aug 3, 2021 2:33 PM CDT

Mother of Would-Be Reagan Assassin Dies

Jo Ann Hinckley raised funds for mental health research and education

(Newser) - Jo Ann Hinckley—mother of John Hinckley Jr., the would-be assassin of President Reagan—has died. The 95-year-old had been her son’s constant and primary companion as he transitioned in 2016 from living at a Washington psychiatric hospital to being allowed to live with her full-time in a gated...

Veteran Soap Star
Jay Pickett Dies on Movie Set

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Aug 2, 2021 7:19 AM CDT

Veteran Soap Star Jay Pickett Dies on Movie Set

60-year-old actor apparently had heart attack while filming latest movie

(Newser) - Veteran soap opera actor Jay Pickett has died at age 60 while filming a movie in his other specialty—Westerns. "There is no official explanation for the cause of his death but it appears to have been a heart attack," wrote Travis Mills, director of the movie Treasure ...

Chuck E. Weiss
'Was More Than
the Title of
a Song'

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Jul 31, 2021 3:25 PM CDT

Chuck E. Weiss 'Was More Than the Title of a Song'

'Chuck E.'s in Love,' about a music industry character, launched Rickie Lee Jones' career

(Newser) - Chuck E. Weiss, a musician and—with close friends Rickie Lee Jones and Tom Waits—prankish presence in Los Angeles music circles who inspired Jones' biggest hit, has died. He was 76. His family said the cause was kidney failure, the New York Times reports. Weiss was a songwriter, drummer,...

Man Once Named One of Our
'10 Best Senators' Has Died

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Jul 30, 2021 12:41 AM CDT

Man Once Named One of Our '10 Best Senators' Has Died

Carl Levin, 87, was Michigan's longest-serving senator

(Newser) - Former Sen. Carl Levin, a powerful voice on military issues in Washington and a staunch supporter of the auto industry back home in Michigan during his record tenure in the US Senate, has died, the AP reports. He was 87. The Harvard-educated civil rights attorney and former taxi driver, who...

In Need of a
Wireless Mic or
Food Dehydrator?
He Was Your Guy

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Jul 29, 2021 7:57 AM CDT

In Need of a Wireless Mic or Food Dehydrator? He Was Your Guy

Infomercial icon and Ronco pitchman Ron Popeil dies at 86

(Newser) - In the darkest, wee-est hours of the nights of yore, when all the real TV programming ran out, there used to be something called infomercials: entire TV programs about people selling products that might be useful to you but that you probably didn't know you wanted. These immediate forebears...

ZZ Top's Bassist
of 51 Years Dies

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Jul 28, 2021 3:37 PM CDT

ZZ Top's Bassist of 51 Years Dies

'You will be missed greatly, amigo,' surviving members say of Dusty Hill

(Newser) - The death of bearded bassist Dusty Hill has broken up one of the longest-running unchanged lineups in rock history. The 72-year-old ZZ Top member, who had been with the Texas trio for 51 years, passed away in his sleep at his Houston home Wednesday, surviving members Billy Gibbons and Frank...

Civil Rights Icon Who
Taught Math, Too, Dies

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Jul 25, 2021 5:54 PM CDT

Civil Rights Icon Who Taught Math, Too, Dies

Robert Parris Moses was 86

(Newser) - Robert Parris Moses, a civil rights activist who was shot at and endured beatings and jail while leading Black voter registration drives in the American South during the 1960s and later helped improve minority education in math, has died. He was 86, per the AP . Moses, who was widely referred...

Jackie Mason Dies: 'Now
You Get to Make Heaven Laugh'

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Jul 25, 2021 9:00 AM CDT

Jackie Mason Dies: 'Now You Get to Make Heaven Laugh'

Rabbi-turned-jokester was 93

(Newser) - Jackie Mason, a rabbi-turned-comedian whose feisty brand of standup comedy led him to Catskills nightclubs, West Coast talk shows, and Broadway stages, has died. He was 93. Mason died Saturday night at Mt. Sinai Hospital in Manhattan after being hospitalized for over two weeks, the celebrity lawyer Raoul Felder told...