LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gregory Powell, who was convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer... More

• LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent
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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Gregory Powell, who was convicted of killing a Los Angeles police officer... More

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AKRON, Ohio (AP) -- Michael Dokes, a former world heavyweight boxing champion from northeast... More

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) -- Bloomington police say the wife of former U.S. Rep. Lee Hamilton has... More

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PHILADELPHIA (AP) -- James M. Naughton, a former reporter for The New York Times and executive... More

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Albert Freeman Jr., the veteran actor who played Elijah Muhammad in Spike... More

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LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Albert Freeman Jr., the veteran actor who played Elijah Muhammad in Spike... More

• LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Albert Freeman Jr., the veteran actor who played Elijah Muhammad in Spike Lee's epic film, "Malcolm X," has died. He was 78. Howard University in Washington, D.C., confirmed his death Friday night but details weren't immediately available. Freeman taught acting there for years and served as chairman and artistic director of its theater arts department. "He was a brilliant professor, a renowned actor and a master director who made his mark in the classroom as well as on stage, screen and television. ... He has mentored and taught scores of outstanding actors. He was a resounding voice of Howard and will be missed," university spokeswoman Kerry-Ann Hamilton said in a statement. Freeman earned an NAACP Image Award for playing Malcolm X's mentor in Lee's 1992 biography. He also received an Emmy nomination for his role as Malcolm X in the 1979 miniseries "Roots: The Next Generations." He won a best-actor Daytime Emmy that year for his work as Capt. Ed Hall on the soap opera "One Life to Live."
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) -- Journalist and author Heidi Holland, who chronicled the rise of Zimbabwe... More

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NEW YORK (AP) -- David Rakoff, an award-winning humorist whose cynical outlook on life and... More

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MILAN (AP) -- Carlo Rambaldi, a special effects master and three-time Oscar winner known as the... More

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MILAN, Italy (AP) -- Special effects master and three-time Oscar winner Carlo Rambaldi has died... More

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Mel Stuart, an award-winning documentarian who also directed "Willy Wonka & the... More

• FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer
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NEW YORK (AP) -- David Rakoff (RAY'-kawf), an award-winning humorist, has died. Doubleday and... More

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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Phil Bernanke, a longtime pharmacist in Dillon, S.C., and father of the... More

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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) -- Veteran Hollywood publicist Dale Olson, who represented such Hollywood... More

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MOSCOW (AP) -- Pyotr Fomenko, a renowned Russian stage director who founded one of Moscow's... More

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ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) -- Pete Pedersen, a longtime steward in California who was given the racing... More

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Marshall Tucker Band guitarist Stuart Swanlund has died. He was 54. Publicist... More

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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a... More

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Judith Crist, a blunt and popular film critic for the "Today" show, TV Guide and... More

• HILLEL ITALIE AP National Writer
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Ranking Trevor, a pioneer of rap reggae during the 1970s, has died in a... More

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Marvin Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. "I heard... More

• MARK KENNEDY AP Drama Writer
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KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) -- Ranking Trevor, a top reggae toaster during the 1970s, has died in a... More

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LONDON (AP) -- Pioneering British physicist and astronomer Bernard Lovell, who developed one of... More

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MILAN (AP) -- Fashion journalist Anna Piaggi, who provided inspiration for designer Karl... More

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