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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Actress Carrie Fisher, who found enduring fame as Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars," has died. She was 60. Fisher's daughter, Billie Lourd, released a statement through her spokesman saying Fisher died Tuesday just before 9 a...

The legendary UK singer, who started his career in the band Wham, died today (Dec. 25).

SEATTLE (AP) — Health officials say one of eight children hospitalized in Washington state for a polio-like illness has died. The Seattle Times reports the child was one of three still hospitalized in Seattle. The child was not identified...

The U.S. Defense Department says a soldier from Mill Creek, Washington, died from a noncombat-related injury in Kuwait. The department says 1st Lt. Jeffrey D. Cooper, 25, died Saturday. The WDRB TV station in Louisville, Kentucky, says Cooper was killed in a rollover vehicle accident while traveling from Camp Buehring in Kuwait to the Ali Al Salem Airfield...

(ESPN.com news services) Hockey legend Gordie Howe died Friday, the Detroit Red Wings have confirmed. He was 88. Howe, who was known as Mr. Hockey, holds NHL records for most games (1,767) and seasons (26). His 801 career goals rank second to Wayne Gretzky's 894.

NEW YORK (AP) — James Noble, a Broadway-seasoned actor who appeared on soap operas and films like "10" and "Being There," but perhaps was best known for playing the absent-minded governor to Robert Guillaume's patient head of household in the 1980s sitcom "Benson," has died in Connecticut. He ...

HANCEVILLE, Ala. (AP) — Mother Mary Angelica, a folksy Roman Catholic nun who used a monastery garage to begin a television ministry that grew into a global religious media empire, has died. She was 92. Known to millions of viewers simply as "Mother Angelica," she was the founder of the Eternal Word Television Network. EWT...

TACOMA, Wash. (AP) — A Pierce County woman has been sentenced to 6 ½ years in prison in connection to her 2-year-old son's methamphetamine overdose. The News Tribune reports that 27-year-old Alyia Iverson was sentenced Friday for manslaughter after pleading guilty. Ive...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Frank Sinatra Jr., who carried on his famous father's legacy with his own music career, has died. He was 72. The Sinatra family said in a statement to The Associated Press that Sinatra died unexpectedly Wednesday of cardiac arrest while on tour in Daytona Beach, Florida. ...

SEATTLE (AP) — Ernestine Anderson, the celebrated jazz vocalist who earned four Grammy nominations during a six-decade career, has died. She was 87. The King County Medical Examiner's Office said Sunday it received a report that Anderson died of natural causes Thursday at a nursing home in Shoreline. ...