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Acclaimed Shakespearean actor Antony Sher dies at 72

By JILL LAWLESS
Dec 03, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Antony Sher, one of the most acclaimed Shakespearean actors of his generation, has died aged 72, the Royal Shakespeare Company said Friday. Sher had been ...
Czech travel writer Miroslav Zikmund dies at 102

The Associated Press
Dec 02, 2021 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Miroslav Zikmund, a legendary Czech travel writer, has died. He was 102. The museum in the eastern city of Zlin, where Zikmund had lived, announced his dea...
Kentucky author and 'Merry Prankster' Ed McClanahan dies

The Associated Press
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Ed McClanahan, a Kentucky author, teacher and friend of counterculture icon Ken Kesey, died Saturday at his home in Lexington, according to his wif...
Petr Uhl, journalist, communist-era dissident dies at 80

The Associated Press
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Petr Uhl, a Czech journalist who was one of the country's leading communist-era dissidents and human rights activists, has died at 80. His wife, former Cze...
Ex-child actor in '~Beasts of the Southern Wild' shot, killed

The Associated Press
Dec 01, 2021 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Jonshel Alexander, a onetime child actor who played a supporting role in the 2012 Oscar-nominated film 'œBeasts of the Southern Wild,'ť was killed in ...
Arlington Heights funeral home going hybrid for annual remembrance ceremony this year

By Christopher Placek
Dec 01, 2021 4:00 am - Much like its pandemic-adapted wake and funeral services, Glueckert Funeral Home's annual remembrance ceremony this weekend in Arlington Heights will be a hybrid in-pers...
Former White Sox Cy Young winner LaMarr Hoyt dies at 66

By Scot Gregor
Dec 01, 2021 12:00 am - LaMarr Hoyt, who pitched for the White Sox from 1979 to 1984 and won the American League Cy Young Award in 1983, died Monday in Columbia, S.C., after a lengthy illness. ...
Lee Elder, 1st Black golfer to play Masters, dies at age 87

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Nov 29, 2021 6:00 am - Lee Elder played through the scourge of racism. He broke down enormous barriers. He carved a path for Tiger Woods and others to follow. Finally, in the waning months of ...
Arlene Dahl, who shone in films of the 1950s, dies at 96

By ANDREW DALTON
Nov 29, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Arlene Dahl, the actor whose charm and striking red hair shone in such Technicolor movies of the 1950s as 'œJourney to the Center of the Earth" and 'œ...
Reaction to death of Lee Elder, 1st Black golfer at Masters

By The Associated Press
Nov 29, 2021 6:00 am - Reaction to the death of Lee Elder, the first Black golfer to play at the Masters: 'œLee Elder was a pioneer, and in so many ways. Yes, he was the first black golfer to ...

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