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Jean-Pierre Hocke, ex-head of UN refugee agency, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Jul 29, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Jean-Pierre Hocke, a Swiss humanitarian official who headed the United Nations' refugee agency in the late 1980s, has died, the agency said Thursday. He wa...
Ron Popeil was the sizzle of American ingenuity, personified

By TED ANTHONY AP National Writer
Jul 28, 2021 11:00 pm - Come, young ones: Gather around the glow of the smartphone's screen for a tale of a distant time when we watched TV on big boxy machines, and switched channels when we w...
Ron Popeil, inventor and king of TV pitchmen, dies at 86

By ANDREW DALTON and TED ANTHONY
Jul 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fis...
ZZ Top: Bearded bassist Dusty Hill dies in his sleep at 72

The Associated Press
Jul 28, 2021 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues trio's bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday on Facebook. He was 72. I...
Ron Popeil, inventor and king of TV pitchmen, dies at 86

By ANDREW DALTON and TED ANTHONY
Jul 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ron Popeil, the quintessential TV pitchman and inventor known to generations of viewers for hawking products including the Veg-O-Matic, the Pocket Fis...
ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill dies in his sleep at 72

Associated Press
Jul 28, 2021 1:00 am - HOUSTON - ZZ Top bassist Dusty Hill, one of the Texas blues rock trio's bearded figures, died at his Houston home, the band announced Wednesday. He was 72. In their Fac...
Obituary: Juliana D. Bolsinger, 101, of Northbrook

Jul 28, 2021 1:00 am - Juliana D. Bolsinger, nee Albracht, 101, of Northbrook, passed away surrounded by her family on July 22, 2021. Beloved wife of the late Joseph L. Bolsinger; loving moth...
Former Hoffman Estates trustee Bill Palmer dies

By Eric Peterson
Jul 27, 2021 11:00 pm - Former Hoffman Estates trustee Bill Palmer, who served during a significant period of village growth in the 1980s, has died. Palmer, who was 88 when he passed July 19, s...
Ex-US Sen. Mike Enzi of Wyoming dies after bicycle accident

The Associated Press
Jul 27, 2021 7:00 am - GILLETTE, Wyo. (AP) - Retired Sen. Mike Enzi, a Wyoming Republican known as a consensus-builder in an increasingly polarized Washington, has died. He was 77. Enzi died p...
Slipknot founding drummer Joey Jordison dies at 46

The Associated Press
Jul 27, 2021 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Joey Jordison, a founding member of Slipknot, who drummed for the influential metal band in its most popular period and helped write many of its ...

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