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Chris Kraft, 1st flight director for NASA, dies at 95

By SETH BORENSTEIN
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Behind America's late leap into orbit and triumphant small step on the moon was the agile mind and guts-of-steel of Chris Kraft, making split-second de...
Morgenthau, iconic ex-Manhattan district attorney, has died

The Associated Press
Jul 22, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former Manhattan District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau, who spent more than three decades jailing criminals from mob kingpins and drug-dealing killers t...
3-time Grand Slam doubles winner Peter McNamara dies at 64

The Associated Press
Jul 21, 2019 7:00 am - MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Peter McNamara, who won three Grand Slam doubles titles with fellow Australian Paul McNamee and reached a career-high No. 7 in singles, has d...
1960s prankster Paul Krassner, who named Yippies, dies at 87

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER and JOHN ROGERS
Jul 21, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Paul Krassner, the publisher, author and radical political activist on the front lines of 1960s counterculture who helped tie together his loose-knit ...
Milan magistrate Borrelli, led '90s kickback probes, dies

The Associated Press
Jul 20, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Francesco Saverio Borrelli, who as Milan chief prosecutor led the 1990s corruption probes which toppled Italy's long-ruling political class, has died. He was...
Famed architect Cesar Pelli dies at 92

By JENNIFER PELTZ and SUSAN HAIGH
Jul 20, 2019 7:00 am - NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) - Architect CÃ©sar Pelli, renowned for designing some of the world's tallest buildings, has died, his firm said. He was 92. Pelli, an Argentine-Ame...
'Queen of Saratoga' Marylou Whitney dies at 93

The Associated Press
Jul 19, 2019 7:00 am - SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (AP) - Marylou Whitney, a successful thoroughbred breeder and owner whose family helped keep Saratoga Race Course open in the 1970s, has died. She...
L. Bruce Laingen, top US diplomat held in Iran, dies at 96

The Associated Press
Jul 18, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - L. Bruce Laingen, the top American diplomat at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran when it was overrun by Iranian protesters in 1979 and one of 52 Americans hel...
Ernie Broglio, 21-game winner traded for Lou Brock, dies

The Associated Press
Jul 18, 2019 7:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Ernie Broglio, a 21-game winner in 1960 who is remembered most as the player traded by the St. Louis Cardinals for Hall of Famer Lou Brock, has died. He...
Italian writer, director Luciano De Crescenzo dies at 90

The Associated Press
Jul 18, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Luciano De Crescenzo, an Italian writer, actor and director, has died in Rome after being hospitalized for a few days. He was 90. The publishing house Mondad...

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