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New Orleans stage and screen actor Carol Sutton dies at 76

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 12, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Carol Sutton, a fixture on stages in her native New Orleans who built a steady career on the big and small screens, including roles in the 1989 com...
Charley Pride overcame racial barriers as country music star

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Dec 12, 2020 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Charley Pride wasn't country music's first Black artist, but he reached heights that had not been available to early Black singers and musicians ...
Tommy 'Tiny' Lister, who played Deebo in 'Friday,' dies

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Dec 11, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tommy 'œTiny'ť Lister, a former professional wrestler who was known for his bullying Deebo character in the 'œFriday'ť films, has died. He was 62. Lis...
'Carry On' and 'EastEnders' star Barbara Windsor dies at 83

By JILL LAWLESS
Dec 11, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British actress Barbara Windsor, whose seven-decade career ranged from cheeky film comedies to the soap opera 'œEastEnders,'ť has died, her husband said. S...
Award-winning SKorean director Kim Ki-duk dies in Latvia

By JAN M. OLSEN
Dec 11, 2020 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 but later faced allegations at home of hitting an ...
'A visionary': DuPage District 88 mourning beloved Superintendent Scott Helton

By Katlyn Smith
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Scott Helton was a school principal at heart. At Addison Trail High School, he was the kind of principal you'd see at sporting events or theater productions. To promote ...
Prospect Heights native, Wheeling High grad lived 'American dream' in music industry

By Eileen O. Daday
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Ryan Brady couldn't get enough of music during his years at Wheeling High School. He performed in the marching band, jazz band and orchestra all four years, before gradu...
Jim Burns, state inspector general, dies at 75

Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Longtime Illinois Secretary of State Inspector General Jim Burns, who served four years as Chicago's U.S. attorney, died this week at 75. Secretary of State Jesse White ...
Anthony Veasna So, acclaimed fiction writer, dead at age 28

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 10, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The author of a highly anticipated debut story collection has died. Anthony Veasna So was 28. His death was announced Thursday by his publisher, Ecco, wh...
Paolo Rossi, who led Italy to 1982 World Cup, dies at 64

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2020 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Paolo Rossi, who led Italy to the 1982 World Cup title and later worked as a soccer commentator in his home country, has died. He was 64. Rossi's wife, Feder...

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