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Janet Malcolm, provocative author-journalist, dies at 86

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 17, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Janet Malcolm, the inquisitive and boldly subjective author and reporter known for her challenging critiques of everything from murder cases and art to j...
Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda dies at age 97

By NOEL SICHALWE and ANDREW MELDRUM
Jun 17, 2021 7:00 am - LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and a champion of African nationalism who spearheaded the fights to end white minority rule across sout...
Road rage beating victim was 'all-around nice man,' sister says

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jun 17, 2021 1:00 am - The Carpentersville man killed in a road rage attack last week in West Dundee was a loving father and a hardworking man who loved the outdoors and fishing. Most of all, ...
Longtime Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan dies at age 92

The Associated Press
Jun 16, 2021 7:00 am - EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) - Jim Phelan, the bow-tied basketball coach who won 830 games during nearly a half-century at Mount St. Mary's, has died. He was 92. The athletic de...
Funeral Mass on Friday for founder of Angelo Caputo's Fresh Market

By Kayleigh Padar Daily Herald correspondent
Jun 16, 2021 1:00 am - Angelo Caputo, the founder of the Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets chain, has died. Visitation is set for Thursday, with a funeral Mass on Friday. Caputo, an Italian immi...
Pioneering investor dubbed 'China's First Shareholder' dies

The Associated Press
Jun 15, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A former factory worker known as 'œChina's First Shareholder'ť after he amassed a fortune trading in the country's infant financial markets starting in th...
'Gone Girl' actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run

The Associated Press
Jun 15, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - 'œGone Girl'ť actor Lisa Banes died 10 days after being injured by a hit-and-run driver in New York City, police said. The 65-year-old Banes, who was st...
'A real visionary': Former District 214 leader Elizabeth Ennis dies

By Eileen O. Daday
Jun 15, 2021 1:00 am - Elizabeth Ennis spent seven years as superintendent of the state's second largest high school district, Northwest Suburban High School District 214. But despite its size...
John Marinatto, ran Big East in time of tumult, dies at 64

By RALPH D. RUSSO
Jun 14, 2021 7:00 am - John Marinatto, the Big East commissioner during a tumultuous period of conference realignment across college sports, has died. He was 64. Providence College, Marinatto'...
Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of 'Network,' dies at 83

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 13, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including 'œDeliverance,'ť 'œNetwork'ť and 'œSuperman,'ť was a ...

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