Celebrity Deaths in the News

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• Gil Santos, Longtime New England Patriots broadcaster…

  

  Gil Santos, the New England Patriots' longtime radio voice, died Thursday, April 19, 2018, according to the Associated Press. He was 80.




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• David Buckel, Prominent LGBT rights lawyer and environmental activist…

  

  David Buckel, LGBT rights lawyer and environmental activist, died Saturday, April 14, 2018, in Brooklyn, according to multiple news sources. He was 60.




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• Erin Popovich, Wife of beloved San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich…

  

  SAN ANTONIO (AP) — The NBA is paying tribute to the wife of San Antonio Spurs coach Gregg Popovich. Erin Popovich died Wednesday at 67, the team said. Her...




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• Jennifer Riordan, Albuquerque bank executive remembered lovingly after airplane tragedy

  

  Jennifer Riordan, the vice president of community relations for Wells Fargo in Albuquerque, New Mexico, died Tuesday, April 17, following an explosion on a...




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• Barbara Bush, Former first lady of the United States…

  

  Barbara Bush, the former first lady of the United States, died April 17, 2018, at the age of 92, according to multiple news sources.




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• Earle Bruce, Former Ohio State football coach…

  

  Earle Bruce, former Ohio State football coach, died Friday, April 20, 2018, in Columbus, Ohio, according to the Associated Press. He was 87.




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• Randy Scruggs, Grammy-winning country music artist and producer…

  

  Randy Scruggs, Grammy-winning country music artist and producer, died Tuesday April 17, 2018, at the age of 64, according to multiple news sources.




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• Vel Phillips, Civil rights pioneer was the first black person elected to a Wisconsin statewide office…

  

  MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vel Phillips, a civil rights pioneer who helped lead open housing marches in Milwaukee in the 1960s and was the first black person elected...




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• Bruno Sammartino, All-time wrestling great was known as the "Living Legend"…

  

  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Bruno Sammartino, professional wrestling's "Living Legend" and one of its longest-reigning champions, has died. Sammartino was 82.




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• Carl Kasell, Beloved judge on the popular NPR news quiz show "Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!"…

  

  Carl Kasell, the NPR newscaster who gained popularity as the beloved judge and scorekeeper on the news quiz show "Wait Wait…Don't Tell Me!," has died at the...




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