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FILE - In this June 9, 1963 file photo, James A. Hood and Vivian J. Malone of Alabama pose in New York. Alabama Gov. George Wallace said he would personally bar them from registering at the University of Alabama despite a restraining order. (AP Photo/John Lindsay, File)

James Hood dies; defied segregation at U. of Ala.

Bob Johnson, Associated Press
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) - One of the first black students who enrolled at the University of Alabama a half century ago in defiance of racial segregation has died. James Hood of Gadsden was 70...
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Robert F. Chew on 'The Wire'

Robert F. Chew, who played 'Prop Joe' on 'The Wire', dead at 52

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theGRIO REPORT - The passing of Chew spurred an outpouring of grief and condolences from his former cast members...
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Actor Todd Bridges (L) poses with Conrad Bain during the TV Land Awards 2003 at the Hollywood Palladium on March 2, 2003 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)

Todd Bridges on Conrad Bain: 'He treated me better than my own father'

Seth Abramovitch , The Hollywood Reporter via Today
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER - The death of Conrad Bain at age 89 has hit no one harder than Todd Bridges...
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This Sept. 13, 1981 file photo shows actor Conrad Bain from the television show "Different Strokes," at the Emmy Awards in Los Angeles. Bain, who starred as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes," died of natural causes, Monday, Jan. 14, 2013, at his home in Livermore, Calif. He was 89. (AP Photo, file)

Conrad Bain, dad from 'Diff'rent Strokes', dead at 89

Frazier Moore, Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) - Conrad Bain, a veteran stage and film actor who became a star in middle age as the kindly white adoptive father of two young African-American brothers in the TV sitcom 'Diff'rent Strokes,' has died...
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Grandmother calls driver "wicked" for not turning himself in.

6-year-old killed in hit and run

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VIDEO - The family of a 6-year-old boy who was killed in a hit and run crash in Miramar pleaded for the driver to turn himself in Thursday, just hours after the child died...
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Marla Gibbs and Ned Wertimer on 'The Jeffersons'

Ned Wertimer, doorman on 'Jeffersons,' dies at 89

Associated Press
LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ned Wertimer, who played Ralph the Doorman on all 11 seasons of the CBS comedy 'The Jeffersons', has died...
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In this July 4, 2008 file photo, singer Amy Winehouse performs during the Rock in Rio music festival in Arganda del Rey, on the outskirts of Madrid. A second coroner's inquest confirmed Tuesday Jan. 8, 2013, that Amy Winehouse died of accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after a period of abstinence. The second inquest was held after the original coroner was found to lack the proper qualifications for the job. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano, File)

2nd Winehouse inquest confirms alcohol death

Jill Lawless, Associated Press
LONDON (AP) - Amy Winehouse died from accidental alcohol poisoning when she resumed drinking after a period of abstinence, a second coroner's inquest confirmed Tuesday...
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In this handout image provided by the NFL, Chandler Williams of the Kansas City Chiefs poses for his NFL headshot circa 2011 in Kansas City, Missouri. (Photo by NFL via Getty Images)

AFL player dies during flag football

Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) - The AFL said Sunday that Williams died while playing in a local flag football tournament in South Florida. The league did not release a cause of death...
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Oldest living American dies at 114

Emery P. Dalesio, Associated Press
(AP) - A 114-year-old South Carolina woman who was the oldest living U.S. citizen has died, two of her daughters said Saturday...
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Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy killed

Marquise Francis
theGRIO REPORT - Atlanta rapper Yung Teddy was found shot to death on Wednesday evening in a home in Austell, Georgia, according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution...
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