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This undated photo provided by Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial shows Shlomo Perel at his home in Givatayim, Israel. Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, has died. He was 98.

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Shlomo Perel, a Holocaust survivor who inspired the film 'Europa Europa,' dies at 98

Shlomo Perel, who survived the Holocaust through surreal subterfuge and an extraordinary odyssey that inspired his own writing and an internationally renowned film, has died in Israel.

February 04, 2023
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Remembering Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, former first lady of Atlanta

Bunnie Jackson-Ransom, who was married to Atlanta's first Black mayor, Maynard Jackson, has died at age 82.

February 02, 2023
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  • GPB News Staff
GPB News NPR

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Tom Verlaine, frontman of Television, dies at 73

Tom Verlaine, singer and guitarist for the iconic 1970s rock band Television, died at 73 years old.

February 01, 2023
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  • Erika Ryan and
  • Sarah Handel
GPB News NPR

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Two YouTubers from popular Schaffrillas Productions have died in a car crash

Christopher Schaffer, 25, and Patrick Phyrillas, 22, were pronounced dead at the crash site in Pennsylvania. James Phyrillas — Patrick's brother — was in stable condition in the hospital on Tuesday.

January 31, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
This photo provided by Just Born shows Ira "Bob" Born. Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make the marshmallow chicks, died Sunday. He was 98.

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Bob Born, the 'Father of Peeps' and Hot Tamale candies, has died

Born, a candy company executive known as the "Father of Peeps" for mechanizing the process to make marshmallow chicks, has died. He was 98.

January 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Former Minnesota Sen. David Durenberger and his then-fiancée Susan Foote leave federal court in Washington on Aug. 22, 1995. Durenberger, a Republican who espoused a progressive brand of politics and criticized the GOP after his political career, died Tuesday at age 88.

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Former U.S. Sen. David Durenberger of Minnesota dies at 88

The Minnesota Republican served three terms and championed health care reform and protecting rights for disabled people, including the landmark Americans with Disabilities Act.

January 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Cindy Williams arrives to the TV Land Awards 10th Anniversary in New York on April 14, 2012. Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the popular sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," died Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in Los Angeles at age 75, her family said.

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'Laverne & Shirley' actor Cindy Williams dies at 75

Cindy Williams, who played Shirley opposite Penny Marshall's Laverne on the popular sitcom "Laverne & Shirley," has died, her family said Monday.

January 31, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
Lisa Marie Presley stands next to her childhood crib displayed with other mementos in the exhibit "Elvis Through His Daughter's Eyes," at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Jan. 31, 2012.

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Priscilla Presley is disputing the trust of her late daughter, Lisa Marie Presley

Priscilla Presley's filing disputes the validity of a 2016 amendment to Lisa Marie Presley's living trust that removed Priscilla and a former business manager as trustees.

January 31, 2023
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<em>The Addams Family</em> characters Wednesday and Uncle Fester. The actress who played the iconic Wednesday, Lisa Loring, died this weekend.

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Lisa Loring, the original Wednesday Addams, is dead at 64

Lisa Loring will be remembered as a Hollywood icon for playing the gloomy Wednesday Addams at age 6. She went on to fill roles on As the World Turns and the Girl from U.N.C.L.E..

January 31, 2023
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  • Emily Olson
Childhood friends of Tyre Nichols best remember him at the skateboard park practicing new tricks on the mini ramp.

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Tyre Nichols loved skateboarding. That's how his friends say they'll remember him

Old videos of Nichols on his skateboard have taken on new meaning in recent days — offering friends a way to remember what he loved and how he lived, as opposed to the harrowing way he died.

January 29, 2023
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  • Juliana Kim
Verlaine was known for his jagged guitar playing style involving heavy vibrato and distortion and off-kilter lyrics.

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Tom Verlaine, guitarist and singer of influential rock band Television, dies at 73

The founding father of American punk and a fixture in the 1970s New York rock scene died Saturday as the result of a brief illness.

January 29, 2023
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  • Chloe Veltman
GPB News NPR

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'Sesame Street' co-creator Lloyd Morrisett dies at 93

Sparked in part by the civil rights movement, the show aimed to teach children basic skills. His hope was to "help those children who would otherwise not succeed in school, do better," he said.

January 25, 2023
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  • Kaitlyn Radde
Victor Navasky was also the author of a classic work about the Hollywood blacklist, <em>Naming Names</em>.

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Journalist Victor S. Navasky has died. For years, he led The Nation.

Navasky's journalism and influence were a clarion call for the left.

January 24, 2023
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  • Neda Ulaby
Priscilla Presley reads a poem wrtitten by granddaughter Harper Lockwood during a memorial service for her daughter Lisa Marie Presley at Graceland Sunday, Jan. 22, 2023, in Memphis, Tenn.

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Fans and celebrities gather at Graceland to eulogize Lisa Marie Presley

More than a thousand people gathered on the front lawn of Graceland on a gray, chilly Memphis morning to mourn the death and remember the life of Lisa Marie Presley, who died on Jan. 12.

January 23, 2023
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  • The Associated Press
David Crosby, photographed in New York on August 3, 1984.

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Crosby, Stills & Nash co-founder David Crosby has died at 81

Crosby was a prominent figure of the free-spirited 1970s Laurel Canyon scene who helped bring folk-rock mainstream with both The Byrds and Crosby, Stills & Nash.

January 20, 2023
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  • Eric Westervelt
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