He was the U.S. Army’s first Black lieutenant general.
Died August 22
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She skated alongside her future husband, Mitchell Islam.
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He won gold in the 800-meter race and the 4×400-meter relay.
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“Friday Night Lights” followed his 1988 season coaching Permian High School.
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He is credited with co-writing “Peggy Sue” and “That’ll Be the Day.”
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He and his friends started the band in the late 1970s.
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Career leader in interceptions for Green Bay was blind in one eye.
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Co-wrote the classic rock song “Sweet Home Alabama.”
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John Abercrombie, renowned jazz-rock guitarist, has died at the age of 72, according to multiple news sources. His death was confirmed by ECM Records, stating that Abercrombie died on August …
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Alexander Polli, a skydiver and pioneer of BASE jumping, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016, in a wingsuit crash in the French Alps. He was 31. Polli’s YouTube videos of wingsuit …