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Theodore McCarrick, a once-powerful Catholic cardinal who was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he had molested adults and children, has died.
U.S. Navy (inset), National Museum of the U.S. Navy
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Jeff Robbins/AP PhotoThe heavyweight who lost the "Rumble in the Jungle" to Muhammad Ali before authoring an inspiring second act as a 45-year-old champion and a successful businessman was 76. -
Alexander Zemlianichenko Jr/APJordan ran his own team in the 1990s and 2000s in Formula 1. He became a popular pundit on TV after selling the team in 2005.
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The Honduran musician, one of the most recognized proponents of a Caribbean culture dating to the 17th century, died Monday in an airplane crash. -
A prominent guitar maker and blues musician from Pitt County has died. Freeman Vines had a workshop in the small town of Fountain, and he was known for building guitars using reclaimed wood. -
George Battle, a longtime member of the CMS School Board, died this week.
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Wiggins died Friday morning after battling bladder cancer for over the past year, according to a statement released by his family on social media. -
The vibraphonist, composer and jazz-funk pioneer helped inspire the neo-soul movement, and his best-known song was sampled over 100 times. -
North Carolina and the country lost a legend last month with the death of the Rev. Dr. Nelson N. Johnson at age 81. He is most known for being wounded in the 1979 anti-Klan protest march, known as the Greensboro Massacre, in which white supremacists killed five marchers and wounded a dozen more. But Johnson also collaborated with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and was often on the frontlines of protest marches nationwide. -
"Words can't do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years," Parton wrote in a statement. -
Harrison, whose plasma contained a rare antibody, rolled up his sleeve 1,173 times from 1954 to 2018. The Australian is credited with helping 2.4 million babies and advancing scientific research. -
Stone, a Grammy-nominated R&B singer who rose to fame in the late 1970s, was known for hits like "No More Rain" and "Wish I Didn't Miss You." She was killed in a road collision in Alabama on Saturday. -
Johansen, a pioneer in punk music who found solo success under the moniker Buster Poindexter, died on Friday. His family announced last month that he had been in treatment for advanced stage cancer.
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Bagayoko, an acclaimed guitarist and half of the Grammy-nominated blind duo Amadou & Mariam, died in his hometown of Bamako on Friday. -
The children's book author best known for her Oliver and Amanda Pig series has died at 87. Van Leeuwen wrote nearly 60 books, some of which sold millions of copies. -
Sometimes called the father of freak-folk, the 83-year-old singer-songwriter lived, worked and died on his own terms. -
More than a hundred roles in a nearly four-decade career let Val Kilmer explore a wealth of human experience. -
Actor Val Kilmer has died at 65. Kilmer played Jim Morrison, Batman, and dozens of other characters in movies that helped define the 1980s and 1990s.
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Mia Love, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, defied stereotypes as the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, representing Utah from 2015 to 2019. She died on Sunday at age 49.
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Frankel was The New York Times' executive editor from 1986 to 1994. He remained with the newspaper for nearly half a century, ushering it through different eras. -
Kitty Dukakis, the former first lady of Massachusetts and outspoken advocate for people with mental illness and addiction, has died.
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We remember boxing — and grilling — great, George Foreman. His family announced his death. He was 76.
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Feinstein, who died March 13, was known for his insights, and inside portraits, of some of the most talented and temperamental characters in sports. Originally broadcast in 2011.
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Producer and screenwriter David Steven Cohen has died. He was the head writer on Cartoon Network's popular animated show Courage the Cowardly Dog.
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Writer and trailblazer Felice Picano has died at 81. He wrote fiction, nonfiction, poetry, plays, and screenplays and founded one of the U.S.'s first publishers focused LGBT writers.