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Rocky actor, former linebacker Carl Weathers dead at 76

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Carl Weathers, a former NFL and CFL linebacker who became a Hollywood action movie and comedy star — playing nemesis-turned-ally Apollo Creed in the Rocky movies, facing off against Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and teaching golf in Happy Gilmore — has died. He was 76. Matt Luber, his manager, said Weathers died Thursday. His family issued a statement … Read more

Dennis Edney, lawyer for former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, dead at 77

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Dennis Edney, a lawyer who played a critical role in the release of former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr, has died at 77. An obituary published in the Edmonton Journal said Edney had dementia and died Saturday. The soccer-player-turned-lawyer took on many high-profile cases throughout his career. But his Scottish accent became known across the … Read more