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By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
October 24, 2009
TOLEDO, Ohio — Ray Browne, an Ohio university professor credited with coining the phrase “popular culture” and pioneering the study of things such as bumper stickers and cartoons, died Thursday. He was 87.
Browne died at his home, according to his family and officials at Bowling Green State....