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World War II Ghost Army hero Bluestein dies at 102

By Steve Zalusky
Mar 25, 2026 2:11 pm - Bernie Bluestein, a member of the legendary Ghost Army during World War II and later a fixture on Harper College’s art scene, died Wednesday at age 102 in hospice in Wheeling, his son Keith said.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who transformed bureau into counterterrorism force after 9/11, dies at 81

By ERIC TUCKER
Mar 21, 2026 12:58 pm - Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has died. He was 81.
Chuck Norris, martial arts master and actor whose toughness became internet lore, dies at 86

By JONATHAN MATTISE
Mar 20, 2026 9:21 am - Chuck Norris, the martial arts grandmaster and action star whose roles in “Walker, Texas Ranger” and other television shows and movies made him an iconic tough guy — sparking internet parodies and adoration from presidents — has died at 86.
'Radiant' mother from Kentucky among 6 US service members who died in air crash in Iraq

By MARK SCOLFORO
Mar 15, 2026 3:37 pm - A woman raising two children was among the six U.S. service members killed last week when a refueling plane involved in the war with Iran crashed in western Iraq. Tech Sg...
Tommy DeCarlo, who became longtime singer of Boston after a Myspace tribute, dies at 60

By ANDREW DALTON
Mar 10, 2026 7:11 am - Tommy DeCarlo, who became the lead singer of classic rockers Boston for nearly 20 years based on a Myspace tribute to the band’s original singer, died Monday at 60 after struggling for months with brain cancer, according to his children.
Kentucky soldier in Saudi Arabia is 7th U.S. casualty to die in Iran war

By ALLEN G. BREED and DYLAN LOVAN
Mar 09, 2026 2:16 pm - ELIZABETHTOWN, Ky. — A Kentucky man who joined the Army straight out of high school is the seventh U.S. service member to die in combat during the Iran war, the Pentagon ...
US soldiers who died in the Iran war remembered for their service and devotion to their families

By HANNAH FINGERHUT, KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and REBECCA BOONE
Mar 04, 2026 3:14 pm - Sgt. Declan Coady had been checking in with his family from Kuwait every hour or two after the U.S. and Israel launched their military campaign against Iran, even as Iran launched retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf Arab states that host U.S. armed forces.
The last Marine to leave Vietnam has died. Juan Valdez was 88.

By Harrison Smith
Feb 28, 2026 3:14 pm - Standing on the U.S. Embassy roof as tanks rumbled toward Saigon and gunfire rang out below, Juan Valdez wondered if he and his fellow Marines might have actually been forgotten.
Neil Sedaka, the singer-songwriter behind dozens of hits of the 1960s and ’70s, dies at age 86

By LEANNE ITALIE
Feb 27, 2026 6:43 pm - Neil Sedaka, the hit-making singer-songwriter whose boyish soprano and bright melodies made him a top act in the early years of rock ‘n' roll and led to a second run of success in the 1970s, has died.
Robert Carradine, 'Revenge of the Nerds' and 'Lizzie McGuire' star, dies at 71

By LINDSEY BAHR
Feb 24, 2026 8:15 am - Robert Carradine, the youngest of his prolific Hollywood family and whose biggest hit was the 1984 comedy “Revenge of the Nerds,” has died at 71. In a Tuesday statement to Deadline, his family said he lived with bipolar disorder for two decades and died by suicide.

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