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PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) - Gerry Thomas, credited with inventing the TV dinner more than a half-century ago and giving it its singular name, has died at the age of 83. Thomas died Monday, Terry Crowley at Messinger Mortuary said Wednesday. He had a long bout with cancer, relatives told The Arizona Republic. Thomas was a salesman for Omaha, Neb.-based C.A. Swanson and Sons in late 1954 when he had the idea of packaging frozen meals in a segmented tray. "It's a pleasure being identified as the person who did this because it changed the way people live," he said...

<p>Edwin Rowlette, 75, was booked for investigation of crimes against the dead.</p> <p>PRESCOTT - An elderly man was arrested Tuesday after police found a body in his kitchen freezer, police said.</p> <p>Edwin Rowlette, 75, claims he didn't know anything about the victim, the cause of death or how long the body had been stored in the freezer, police spokesman Steve Skurja said.</p>