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Doug Scott, part of first UK team to climb Everest, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Doug Scott, who was part of the first British team to climb Mount Everest in 1975, has died. He was 79. Scott died from cancer on Monday at his home in the...
'B.A.P.S.' star Natalie Desselle Reid dies at 53

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Dec 08, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Natalie Desselle Reid, who starred alongside Halle Berry in the 1997 film 'œB.A.P.S.'ť and on the sitcom 'œEve,'ť has died. She was 53. Reid's death o...
Lawrence Byrne, NYPD's policy-shaping legal czar, dies at 61

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Dec 08, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lawrence Byrne, the New York Police Department's top lawyer during a fraught period that followed a court ban on officers frisking people without cause, ...
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97

By TRACIE CONE
Dec 08, 2020 6:00 am - GRASS VALLEY, Calif. (AP) - Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles 'œChuck'ť Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the...
Chuck Yeager, 1st to break sound barrier, dies at 97

By The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - GRASS VALLEY, Calif. - Retired Air Force Brig. Gen. Charles "Chuck" Yeager, the World War II fighter pilot ace and quintessential test pilot who showed he had the "right...
Lake Barrington man who led comfort dog ministry dies from COVID-19 complications

By Eileen O. Daday
Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Rich Martin always had his bags packed, one for him and one for his dog. When a tragedy occurred, they responded. Take the Boston Marathon bombing in 2013. Within 24 hou...
Newspaper executive from Grayslake championed industry's causes

By Christopher Placek
Dec 08, 2020 12:00 am - Mike Kramer had newspaper ink in his veins, from a reporting job fresh out of college at his family's downstate newspapers, to becoming one of the top executives at the ...
Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Maryland has died, at 87

By BRIAN WITTE
Dec 07, 2020 6:00 am - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Former Sen. Paul Sarbanes, who represented Maryland for 30 years in the Senate as a leader of financial regulatory reform and drafted the first art...
Lidia Menapace, Italian Resistance member, dies at age 96

By FRANCES D'EMILIO
Dec 07, 2020 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Lidia Brisca Menapace, a Resistance member during World War II who later was an advocate of pacifism and women's rights and was elected to the Italian Senate...
Fred Akers, Texas coach who flirted with glory, dies at 82

By JIM VERTUNO
Dec 07, 2020 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Fred Akers followed a coaching giant at Texas and came agonizingly close to glory himself with two undefeated seasons before his national title hope...

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