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CLEVELAND — Harvey Pekar, whose autobiographical comic book series “American Splendor” portrayed his unglamorous life with bone-dry honesty and wit, was found dead at home early Monday, authorities said. He was 70.

The cause of death was unclear, and an autopsy was planned, officials said. Pekar had prostate cancer, asthma, high blood pressure and depression, said Michael Cannon, a police captain in suburban Cleveland Heights.

Three hundred events. Twenty-eight days.

The Wintergreen Performing Arts Summer Music Festival, which kicks off on July 5, not only crams a lot of events into its month-long lineup, but also quite the variety.

This year, organizers will host concerts, dance performances, film screenings, lectures, art exhibits, cooking classes, wine and beer tastings and even a 5K race, all focusing on this year’s theme: Vienna.

Howard Zinn, an author, teacher and political activist whose leftist “A People’s History of the United States” became a million-selling alternative to mainstream texts and a favorite of such celebrities as Bruce Springsteen and Ben Affleck, died Wednesday. He was 87.

NEW YORK — J.D. Salinger, the legendary author, youth hero and fugitive from fame whose “The Catcher in the Rye” shocked and inspired a world he increasingly shunned, has died. He was 91.

Farnoosh Moshiri, Iranian-born, award-winning author of novels and short-story collections, will read from her works at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in Hopwood Hall Auditorium at Lynchburg College. The reading is open to the public at no charge.

RUSTBURG — One of the first stories Mary Bailey remembers writing was a tale she co-authored with a friend in third grade.