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Yogi Berra remembered at funeral by family, sports royalty

Courier Newsroom - September 29, 2015

MONTCLAIR, N.J. (AP) — A gold catcher's mitt was placed on top of his remains. But on a day filled with stories from a...

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WWE Hall of Famer ‘Rowdy’ Roddy Piper dies at 61

Courier Newsroom - August 4, 2015

``Rowdy'' Roddy Piper, the kilt wearing trash-talker who headlined the first WrestleMania and later found movie stardom, died Friday. He was 61. The WWE confirmed...

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Bobbi Kristina Brown, daughter of Whitney Houston, dead at 22

Courier Newsroom - July 27, 2015

DULUTH, Ga. (AP) — The brief, chaotic life of Bobbi Kristina Brown was never really her own. Born and raised in the shadow of fame...

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Former ballet star Albert Evans dead at 46

Courier Newsroom - June 29, 2015

NEW YORK (AP) _ Albert Evans, a former New York City Ballet principal dancer and one of the most prominent African-Americans in classical dance,...

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B.B. King recalled with love, humor at Mississippi funeral

Courier Newsroom - June 1, 2015

INDIANOLA, Miss. (AP) _ B.B. King's early life personified the blues: He was born to dirt-poor sharecroppers in the cotton country of the Mississippi...

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Famed Detroit jazz trumpeter Marcus Belgrave dies at 78

Courier Newsroom - May 26, 2015

DETROIT (AP) _ Marcus Belgrave, a jazz trumpeter who graced stages and studios with Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin, Dizzy Gillespie, Joe Cocker and Motown...

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