Obituaries
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Funerals set for Astroworld concert victims from NapervilleNov 11, 2021 12:00 am - Funeral arrangements have been announced for two Naperville friends who were killed in a crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival a week ago in Houston. Franco Patin...
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Max Cleland dies; senator and veteran lost limbs in Vietnam
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Max Cleland, who lost three limbs to a hand grenade in Vietnam and later became a groundbreaking Veterans Administration chief and U.S. senator from Georg...
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Dean Stockwell of 'Quantum Leap,' 'Blue Velvet' dies at 85
Nov 09, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dean Stockwell, a top Hollywood child actor who gained new success in middle age in the sci-fi series 'œQuantum Leap'ť and in a string of indelible perfo...
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Neuqua Valley plans memorial service for grads who died in Astroworld concert surgeNov 09, 2021 12:00 am - Neuqua Valley High School will host a memorial service for two graduates who were killed Friday night in a crush of fans during the Astroworld music festival in Houston....
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Brazilian singer and Latin Grammy winner dies in plane crash
Nov 06, 2021 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - MarÃlia Mendonça, one of Brazil's most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26...
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Angelo Mosca, colorful former CFL lineman, dies at 84
Nov 06, 2021 7:00 am - HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) - Angelo Mosca, the five-time Grey Cup champion defensive lineman best remembered for a controversial hit and a subsequent fight with Joe Kapp 40 ...
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British stage and TV veteran Lionel Blair dies at 92
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Entertainer Lionel Blair, who taught himself to dance by watching Fred Astaire movies and became a staple on British stage and television for decades, has ...
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Former Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner dead at 86
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - DOVER, Del. (AP) - Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper's daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware's governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as gove...
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Aaron Feuerstein, famously generous mill owner, dies at 95
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - Aaron Feuerstein, who owned a textile mill in Massachusetts and famously continued to pay his workers even after a devastating fire, has died. He...
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Schaumburg police mourn death of veteran officer after cancer fightNov 04, 2021 1:00 am - Schaumburg police are mourning the death of officer Ross Urso, a 21-year department veteran who died Wednesday after a 2½-year battle with cancer. Urso, 50, served large...