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Sunil Perera, outspoken Sri Lankan singer, dies at age 68

By BHARATHA MALLAWARACHI
Sep 10, 2021 7:00 am - COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Singer and musician Sunil Perera entertained generations of Sri Lankans with captivating songs, but won their minds and hearts with his outspok...
Former Oak Brook village president remembered as a 'loving father and husband'

By Scott C. Morgan
Sep 10, 2021 1:00 am - Former Oak Brook Village President Kevin Quinlan is being remembered by family, friends and former colleagues. Quinlan, 54, died Tuesday in part from complications of di...
Tony Award-winning producer Elizabeth Ireland McCann dies

By MARK KENNEDY
Sep 09, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Tony Award-winning producer Elizabeth Ireland McCann, who helped mount an astounding array of hits on Broadway and in London, including 'œThe Elephant Ma...
George Strickler, attorney who fought for civil rights, dies

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Sep 09, 2021 7:00 am - A civil rights attorney who fought to desegregate Southern schools in the 1960s and was pushed out of his University of Mississippi teaching job amid uproar over his wor...
Michael Constantine of 'My Big Fat Greek Wedding' dies at 94

By The Associated Press
Sep 09, 2021 7:00 am - Michael Constantine, an Emmy Award-winning character actor who reached worldwide fame playing the Windex bottle-toting father of the bride in the 2002 film 'My Big...
Arlington Heights piano teacher inspired hundreds of young musicians

By Eileen O. Daday
Sep 09, 2021 1:00 am - Joan Drolet had to stand next to the podium, instead of behind it, when the village of Arlington Heights honored her with its “Young at Heart” award at the Hearts of Gol...
Former Notre Dame football star, coach Brennan dies at 93

The Associated Press
Sep 08, 2021 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Terry Brennan, a star halfback on three unbeaten Notre Dame teams who was hailed as a wunderkind when he succeeded Irish coaching great Frank Lea...
Former US Sen. Adlai Stevenson III, 90, dead from dementia

The Associated Press
Sep 07, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III of Illinois has died at his home on Chicago's North Side. He was 90. His son Adlai Stevenson IV, who confirmed the Il...
Former U.S. Sen. Adlai Stevenson III carried on Lake County family's tradition of politics

Chicago Sun-Times
Sep 07, 2021 1:00 am - He came within nearly 5,000 votes of being governor of Illinois. But four years later, he bolted the Democratic ticket to run as a third-party candidate after voters sad...
Actor Michael K. Williams, Omar on 'The Wire,' dead at 54

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and ANDREW DALTON
Sep 06, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Michael K. Williams, who as the rogue robber of drug dealers Omar Little on 'œThe Wire'ť created one of the most beloved and enduring characters in...

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