Obituaries
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Indianapolis prosecutor who resigned for cancer care dies
Jun 30, 2021 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Marion County Prosecutor Terry Curry has died nearly two years after he stepped down while undergoing prostate cancer treatments. He was 72. C...
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Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dies at 88
Jun 30, 2021 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Donald Rumsfeld, the two-time defense secretary and one-time presidential candidate whose reputation as a skilled bureaucrat and visionary of a modern U.S. ...
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Longtime Elgin teacher, former Tuskegee Airman dies at 96Jun 30, 2021 1:00 am - Friends and family say Melvin Copeland didn't talk about himself much, but he would have had plenty to say if he did. From scholarship college athlete to Tuskegee Airma...
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Delia FIallo, mother of telenovelas, dies in Florida, age 96
Jun 29, 2021 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Delia Fiallo, a native of Cuba who was considered the mother of Latin America's telenovelas and wrote dozens of the popular television soap operas, died Tue...
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Jane Barbosa remembered as 'big part of Elgin'Jun 29, 2021 1:00 am - Jane Barbosa, an influential and well-known member of the Mexican and Latino community in Elgin, died June 25 at Advocate Sherman Hospital. She was 75. Born in Cerritos...
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'Cops' creator Langley dies during off-road race in Mexico
Jun 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - John Langley, who was the creator of the long-running TV series 'œCops,'ť has died during a road race in Mexico, a family spokeswoman said. Langley d...
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Legendary big-wave surfer Greg '~Da Bull' Noll dies at 84
Jun 28, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Greg 'œDa Bull'ť Noll, who became a surfing legend by combining a gregarious, outsized personality with the courage and skill to ride bigger, more pow...
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Martyl Reinsdorf, wife of Bulls, White Sox chairman, dies
Jun 28, 2021 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Martyl Reinsdorf, the wife of Chicago Bulls and White Sox chairman Jerry Reinsdorf, died Monday following a lengthy illness, the teams announced. She was ...
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Mike Gravel, former US senator for Alaska, dies at 91
Jun 27, 2021 7:00 am - SEASIDE, Calif. (AP) - Mike Gravel, a former U.S. senator from Alaska who read the Pentagon Papers into the Congressional Record and confronted Barack Obama about nuclea...
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'Iron Man' racer, NASCAR champion Jack Ingram dies at 84
Jun 25, 2021 7:00 am - CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - Jack Ingram, a hard-hosed, hot-tempered racer who won five NASCAR championships and more than 300 races, has died, the NASCAR Hall of Fame said Fr...