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Chicago Bears nine-time Pro Bowler Mike Singletary (50) gets a bear hug from teammate Steve McMichael (76) prior to an NFL football game against the Pittsburgh Steelers in Chicago, Dec. 13, 1992. (AP Photo/David Boe, File)

Chicago Bears great Steve McMichael dies at 67 after battle with ALS

 
Pope Francis arrives to celebrate an Epiphany Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Jan. 6, 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini, File)

Pope Francis had a troubled course on dealing with clergy sexual abuse

 
In this Nov. 5, 2018 photo Walter Frankenstein poses for a photo at the orphanage memorial site for an interview with the Associated Press in Berlin. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Walter Frankenstein, who survived the Holocaust by hiding in Berlin, dies at 100

 
Georgian and Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli poses during the opening ceremony of the 41st Moscow International Film Festival in Moscow, Russia, on April 18, 2019. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)

Georgian-Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli, known for his gigantic and controversial work, dies at 91

 
Norberto Rodriguez places flowers near a photo of the late Pope Francis outside the Cathedral in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tuesday, April 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

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Clarke Reed, who was chairman of the Mississippi Republican Party from 1966-76, discusses the contested 1976 Republican National Convention in Greenville, Miss., on April 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Clarke Reed, who helped Gerald Ford win the 1976 Republican nomination, has died at 96

 
Adam Pemble smiles as he poses for a photo on a train in Ukraine where he was filming an all formats interview with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on March 28 2023. (AP Photo/Hanna Arhirova)

Adam Pemble, AP journalist whose compassionate lens brought stories to life, dies at 52

 
Candidate for the West Virginia Supreme Court Darrell McGraw poses for a portrait in Charleston, W.Va., March 16, 2016. (Lisa Bernheim/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP, File)

Former West Virginia Attorney General Darrell McGraw dies at 88

 
Bill Melton of the Chicago White Sox, 1971 American League home run champion is shown hitting his 33rd home run off the Brewers in the 1971 season. (AP Photo)

Former White Sox slugger and longtime analyst Bill Melton dies at 79

 

Yvonne Johnson, the first Black mayor of North Carolina’s third-largest city, has died

 
FILE - Debbie Nelson, mother of rap star Eminem, appears in Mount Clemens, Mich., on April 10, 2001. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Eminem’s mother Debbie Nelson, whose rocky relationship fueled the rapper’s lyrics, dies at age 69

 
FILE - UTEP head coach Dana Dimel walks the field during warmups before an NCAA college football game against Northwestern, on Sept. 9, 2023, in Evanston, Ill. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley, File)

Illinois assistant Dana Dimel, a head coach at Wyoming, Houston and UTEP, dies at the age of 62

 
FILE - Referee Pat Russell raises the arm of Israel Vázquez of Mexico after he defeated Rafael Marquez of Mexico in their WBC super bantamweight championship bout, in Carson, Calif., March. 1, 2008. The World Boxing Council (WBC) president confirmed on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, that Israel Vázquez, a Mexican fighter who won three world titles in his boxing career, has died. He was 46. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Israel Vázquez, the three-time world boxing champion from Mexico, dies at 46

 
Australian tennis legends and Hall of Famers from left, Roy Emerson, Neale Fraser and Rod Laver acknowledge the crowd during ceremonies celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Tennis Hall of Fame in Newport, R.I. on July 10, 2004. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Neale Fraser, Australia’s Davis Cup great, dies at 91

 
FILE - Steaua Bucharest goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam raises the European Champions Cup after the Romainian team defeated Barcelona in penalties in Seville, Spain, May 7, 1986. Former Steaua Bucharest goalkeeper Helmuth Duckadam, who saved four penalties in the 1986 European Cup final shootout win against Barcelona, died on Monday. He was 65. (AP Photo/Fernando Ricardo, File)

Ex-Steaua Bucharest goalie who saved 4 penalties in 1986 European Cup final win, has died

 
FILE - Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice David Prosser speaks to Dane County Circuit Court Representative Marie A. Stanton during a hearing at the Wisconsin State Capitol in Madison, Wisc., June 6, 2011. (AP Photo/John Hart, File Pool)

David Prosser, who served as Wisconsin Assembly speaker and as a state Supreme Court justice, dies

 

Terry Griffiths, former world snooker champion, dies at 77 after battle with dementia

 
Marshall Brickman speaks to reporters during a news conference Tuesday, Jan. 22, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote ‘Annie Hall’ with Woody Allen, dies at 85

 
FILE - Members of My Chemical Romance pose for photographers as they arrive on the white carpet of the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, Aug. 28, 2005 at the American Airlines Arena in Miami, Fla. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen, file)

Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar dies at age 44

 
FILE - St. John's coach Lou Carnesecca is carried by his team after the Redman beat Boston College in the Big East Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden, on March 12, 1983. (AP Photo/G. Paul Burnett, File)

Lou Carnesecca, Hall of Fame coach who led St. John’s for 24 seasons, dies at 99

 
FILE - Hartford Mayor Thirman Milner poses for a portrait in Hartford, Conn., on Jan. 27, 2010. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

First popularly elected Black mayor in New England, Thirman Milner, has died at 91

 
FILE -Billionaire Tatparanandam Ananda Krishnan, a Malaysian businessman and philanthropist, at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, July 11, 2012. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

Malaysian billionaire tycoon Ananda Krishnan dies at age 86

 
FILE - Mexican actress Silvia Pinal smile during the presentation the her book "Esta Soy Yo," or This is me, at the Palacio de Mineria International Book Fair in Mexico City, on Feb. 19, 2016. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

Silvia Pinal, an actress in Mexico’s Golden Age of cinema, has died at 93

 
FILE - Former Alabama Director of Athletics Bill Battle is seen at Bryant-Denny Stadium, Jan. 13, 2024, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt, File)

Bill Battle, former Tennessee coach and Alabama AD who founded licensing company, dies

 
FILE - In this photo taken Wednesday Feb. 17, 2010, Liberian Senator Prince Johnson, gestures during an interview in Monrovia, Liberia. (AP Photo, File)

Liberia’s warlord-turned-senator Prince Johnson dies at 72

 
In this undated image made from a video provided by Breakwater Studios shows Mary McGee during an interview. (Breakwater Studios via AP)

Female racing pioneer ‘Motorcycle Mary’ McGee dies a day before documentary on her is released

 
FILE - Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson, then a state senator, poses for a portrait at the Georgia Capitol on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021, in Atlanta.(AP Photo/Brynn Anderson, File)

Georgia Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson dies after announcing he had cancer

 
FILE - South African writer Breyten Breytenbach, right, and American actor and singer Harry Belafonte shake hands during a press conference in Paris, on June 18, 1986. (AP Photo, File)

South African dissident writer and poet Breyten Breytenbach dies at 85

 
FILE - Atlanta Braves' Rico Carty, right, Hank Aaron, left, and Lew Burdette look up into stands at night on May 22, 1972 before exhibition game against the Brewers in Milwaukee. (AP Photo, File)

Rico Carty, who won the 1970 NL batting title with the Atlanta Braves, dies at 85

 
FILE - Chuck Woolery hosts a special premiere of the "$250,000 Game Show Spectacular" at the Las Vegas Hilton Saturday, Oct. 13, 2007, in Las Vegas. (Ronda Churchill/Las Vegas Review-Journal via AP, File)

Chuck Woolery, smooth-talking game show host of ‘Love Connection’ and ‘Scrabble,’ dies at 83

 
FILE - Sen. Fred R. Harris (D-Okla.), holds a copy of the report of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders as he and two other members of the commission discuss the study on the television-radio program "Issues and Answers," in Washington, March 3, 1968. (AP Photo/Bob Daugherty, File)

Fred Harris, former US senator from Oklahoma and presidential hopeful, dies at 94

 

Alice Brock, who helped inspire Arlo Guthrie’s classic ‘Alice’s Restaurant,’ dies at 83

 
FILE - Connecticut Gov. M. Jodi Rell pauses during an interview in her office at the Capitol in Hartford, Conn., Aug. 21, 2009. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill, File)

M. Jodi Rell, who became Connecticut governor after her predecessor resigned, dies at 78

 
FILE -Ursula Haverbeck arrives in the Tiergarten District Court in Berlin, Germany, Oct. 16, 2017. (Paul Zinken/dpa via AP, File)

Ursula Haverbeck, German far-right activist repeatedly convicted for Holocaust denial, dies at 96

 
FILE -Britain's Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott as he speaks to delegates at the Labour Party annual conference in Brighton, England, Sept. 26, 2004. (AP Photo/Richard Lewis, File)

Ex-UK Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott is hailed as a working-class hero after his death at 86

 
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