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Former NBC News anchor, correspondent Lloyd Dobyns Jr. dies

The Associated Press
Aug 24, 2021 7:00 am - MEBANE, N.C. (AP) - Lloyd Dobyns Jr., an award-winning NBC News correspondent who reported from places around the world and who anchored an innovative U.S. television ne...
Drummer Charlie Watts, Rolling Stones backbone, dies at 80

By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ
Aug 24, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock's greatest rhythm sections and used his 'œday job'ť t...
Former Carpentersville police chief, village president John Skillman Jr. dies

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Aug 24, 2021 1:00 am - From the age of 24, John Skillman Jr. dedicated his life to his community. During 64 years living in Carpentersville, Skillman was a police officer, then the police chie...
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts dies at age 80

By JILL LAWLESS and GREGORY KATZ Associated Press
Aug 24, 2021 1:00 am - LONDON - Charlie Watts, the self-effacing and unshakeable Rolling Stones drummer who helped anchor one of rock's greatest rhythm sections and used his "day job" to suppo...
'Sweet, sweet Connie' in Grand Funk Railroad hit dies at 66

The Associated Press
Aug 23, 2021 7:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Connie Hamzy, a rock 'n' roll groupie from Arkansas who was immortalized as 'œsweet, sweet Connie'ť in the 1973 Grand Funk Railroad hit 'œWe're ...
Don Everly of early rock '~n' roll Everly Brothers dies at 84

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Aug 22, 2021 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Don Everly, one-half of the pioneering Everly Brothers whose harmonizing country rock hits impacted a generation of rock '~n' roll music, has die...
Customers, co-workers pay tribute to longtime Libertyville mail carrier

By Eric Peterson
Aug 21, 2021 1:00 am - Love, not tradition, was the reason behind a police-led procession of U.S. Postal Service and civilian vehicles honoring the memory of Libertyville mail carrier Marcus W...
Renowned Chicago investigative reporter Bill Recktenwald dies at 79

By Geoff Ritter gritter@carbondaletimes.com Southern Illinois LOCAL Media News Service
Aug 21, 2021 1:00 am - William Ames Recktenwald, 79, of Karbers Ridge, Illinois, and formerly of Chicago, died peacefully on Friday at the Linda White Hospice House in Evansville, Indiana, aft...
James W. Loewen, wrote 'Lies My Teacher Told Me,' dead at 79

By HILLEL ITALIE
Aug 20, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - James W. Loewen, whose million-selling 'œLies My Teacher Told Me'ť books challenged traditional ideas and knowledge on everything from Thanksgiving to th...
Country singer Tom T. Hall dies; wrote '~Harper Valley PTA'

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Aug 20, 2021 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Tom T. Hall, the singer-songwriter who composed 'œHarper Valley P.T.A.'ť and sang about life's simple joys as country music's consummate blue col...

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