Much of Weldon’s fiction explored issues surrounding women’s relationships with men, children, parents and each other, including the 1971 ‘Down Among The Women’ and ‘Female Friends,’ published in 1975.
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Tony Award-winner, Chicago stage champion Frank Galati dies
His screenwriting credits include ‘The Accidental Tourist,’ which earned him an Oscar nomination.
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Sheriff says no foul play in ‘Avengers’ star snow tractor injury
He is in critical but stable condition after suffering chest and orthopedic injuries.
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Rolling Stone hails Aretha Franklin as greatest singer of all time
The list has 200 singers and orders them based on “originality, influence, the depth of an artist’s catalog, and the breadth of their musical legacy.”
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Earth, Wind & Fire drummer Fred White dies at age 67
Fred White was already an accomplished drummer, playing for Donny Hathaway before he joined Earth, Wind & Fire in the mid-1970s.
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Rapper Gangsta Boo of Three 6 Mafia dies at 43
Gangsta Boo gained instant notoriety with her shoot-from-the-hip, rapid-fire rap flow on Three 6 Mafia’s 1995 debut album.
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Jeremy Renner undergoes surgery after snow plow accident
The actor was using a Snowcat to clear a road near his family’s home in Nevada.
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Jeremiah Green, Modest Mouse drummer, dies of cancer at 45
Green was barely in his teens when he joined the newly formed Modest Mouse, which featured singer-guitarist Isaac Brock and bassist Eric Judy among others.
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Singer Anita Pointer of The Pointer Sisters dies at age 74
A cause of death was not immediately revealed.
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Part-time Mainer aims to make science relatable in PBS series
Physicist and novelist Alan Lightman, a Maine summer resident, is host of the upcoming three-part PBS series ‘Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science.’