Mia Love, First Black Republican Woman Elected to Congress, Dies at 49
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Mia Love, First Black Republican Woman Elected to Congress, Dies at 49

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Mia Love, the first Black Republican woman elected to Congress, who served from 2015 to 2019, died on Sunday at her home in Utah. She was 49. Her family confirmed the death in a post on one of Ms. Love’s social media pages….

Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94
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Max Frankel, Top Times Editor Who Led a Newspaper in Transition, Dies at 94

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Max Frankel, who fled Nazi Germany as a boy and rose to pinnacles of American journalism as a Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent for The New York Times and later as its executive editor during eight years of changing fortunes and technology, died on Sunday…

Kitty Dukakis, Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88
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Kitty Dukakis, Wife of 1988 Presidential Nominee, Dies at 88

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Kitty Dukakis, an activist first lady and humanitarian, who overcame alcoholism and depression with the help of electroconvulsive therapy, then became a proponent of the treatment with her husband, Michael S. Dukakis, the former Massachusetts governor and the 1988 Democratic presidential nominee, died…

George Foreman, Ageless Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 76
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George Foreman, Ageless Heavyweight Champion, Dies at 76

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines George Foreman, a heavyweight boxing champion who returned to the sport to regain his title at the improbable age of 45, and parlayed his fame and amiable personality into a multimillion-dollar grill business, died on Friday. He was 76. His family announced his…

Slick Watts, N.B.A. Fan Favorite and Headband Pioneer, Dies at 73
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Slick Watts, N.B.A. Fan Favorite and Headband Pioneer, Dies at 73

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Donald “Slick” Watts, an unheralded, undersized, patchy-haired point guard who turned his obstacles into springboards, endearing himself to fans of the Seattle SuperSonics long past the team’s existence and helping to invent the headband as a basketball fashion signature, has died. He was…

Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87
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Nita Lowey, Tenacious New York Representative, Dies at 87

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Nita M. Lowey, who represented a congressional district based in Westchester County for 32 years, ardently supporting liberal causes and playing a key role in shaping legislation to advance them, died on Saturday at her home in Harrison, N.Y. She was 87. Her…

Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93
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Alan K. Simpson, a Folksy Republican Force in the Senate, Dies at 93

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Alan K. Simpson, a plain-spoken former Republican senator from Wyoming who championed immigration reforms and conservative candidates for the Supreme Court while fighting running battles with women’s groups, environmentalists and the press, died on Friday in hospice in Cody, Wyo. He was 93….

Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90
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Ron Nessen, Ford’s White House Press Secretary, Dies at 90

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Ron Nessen, who as President Gerald R. Ford’s press secretary from 1974 to 1977 pledged a new era of openness after the Watergate scandal but had an often rocky relationship with the White House press corps, died on Wednesday in Bethesda, Md. He…

Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96
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Joan Dye Gussow, Pioneer of Eating Locally, Is Dead at 96

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Joan Dye Gussow, a nutritionist and educator who was often referred to as the matriarch of the “eat locally, think globally” food movement, died on Friday at her home in Piermont, N.Y., in Rockland County. She was 96. Her death, from congestive heart…

Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Paean to Joe DiMaggio Was a Big-Band Hit
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Betty Bonney, 100, Dies; Her Paean to Joe DiMaggio Was a Big-Band Hit

#news #newstoday #topnews #newsupdates #trendingnews #topstories #headlines Betty Bonney was already a veteran big-band vocalist at 17 when she joined Les Brown and His Orchestra in 1941 — in time to sing the praises of the New York Yankees star Joe DiMaggio as he was racking up his major-league-record 56-game…