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Family to celebrate life of Crystal Lake man who helped Neil Armstrong walk on the moon

By Cassie Buchman
Jul 14, 2021 1:00 am - Austin James "Jim" Bailey Jr. was born barely a couple of decades after the first aircraft was invented. But he still was obsessed with flying, even from an early age, w...
'Night Court' actor Charlie Robinson dies at 75

By RYAN PEARSON
Jul 13, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Charlie Robinson, the versatile and prolific actor whose many credits ranged from stage productions of 'œDriving Miss Daisy'ť and 'œFences'ť to such f...
John Rotz, Hall of Fame jockey, dies at 86

By The Associated Press
Jul 13, 2021 7:00 am - John Rotz, a Hall of Fame jockey who won the Preakness and Belmont Stakes during his career, has died at 86. He died at his farm in Warrensburg, Illinois, southwest of C...
John Flannery, attorney considered a giant in intellectual property law, dies at 92

By Eileen O. Daday
Jul 13, 2021 1:00 am - In the world of intellectual property law, attorney John Flannery was a giant. Back in 1960, he obtained the original patent on the videotape recorder, which changed the...
Populist Edwin Edwards, a 'Cajun King,' loved his Louisiana

By KEVIN McGILL
Jul 12, 2021 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - They were tough acts to follow on the stage of 20th century Louisiana politics: the arm-flailing Depression-era orator Huey Long, a senator and former...
Renowned Oklahoma fiddler Byron Berline dies at 77

The Associated Press
Jul 12, 2021 7:00 am - OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Byron Berline, a renowned fiddler who played with superstars like Elton John, the Rolling Stones and owned a popular Oklahoma instrument shop, has d...
Ex-Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards dies; knew power and prison

By KEVIN McGILL
Jul 12, 2021 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS, La. (AP) - Edwin Washington Edwards, the high-living, quick-witted four-term governor who reshaped Louisiana's oil revenues and dominated the state's politi...
Beloved Barrington, Richmond chocolatier Leif Anderson dies at 71

By Sam Lounsberry Shaw Media
Jul 11, 2021 1:00 am - Leif Anderson, who took over what is now a 102-year-old family business in Anderson's Candy Shop in Barrington and Richmond in the early 1980s and oversaw its surge to n...
Former England, Ipswich striker Paul Mariner dies at 68

The Associated Press
Jul 10, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Paul Mariner, the former England striker who played at the World Cup in 1982 and later coached in MLS, has died. He was 68. Mariner's death was announced b...
Auschwitz survivor who fought racism with music dies at 96

By FRANK JORDANS
Jul 10, 2021 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Esther Bejarano, a survivor of the Auschwitz death camp who used the power of music to fight antisemitism and racism in post-war Germany, has died at 96. B...

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