Obituaries
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Charlie Moore, 1952 Olympic 400 hurdles champion, dies at 91
Oct 12, 2020 7:00 am - Charlie Moore, the 400-meter hurdles champion at the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, has died. He was 91. Moore died Thursday from pancreatic cancer, according to World Athletic...
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Gary Jones, Hall of Fame horse trainer, dies at 76
Oct 12, 2020 7:00 am - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Hall of Fame trainer Gary Jones, who oversaw Hall of Fame horse Best Pal and 1986 older horse of the year Turkoman, has died. He was 76. Jones die...
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Joe Morgan, driving force of Big Red Machine, dies at 77Oct 12, 2020 1:00 am - CINCINNATI — At 5-foot-7, he was the smallest cog in the Big Red Machine. And to his star-powered teammates, Joe Morgan was a driving force, too. Morgan, the Hall of Fam...
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Former Naperville community development director remembered as a 'visionary'Oct 12, 2020 1:00 am - The lessons taught by Walter Newman during his tenure as Naperville's community development director have stuck with Niroop Srivatsa for decades, steering the direction ...
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Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford
Oct 10, 2020 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of Hall of Fame pitcher Whitey Ford, the ace of the mighty New York Yankees teams in the 1950s and '60s. Ford died Thursday night at his Long Islan...
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Erin Wall, a veteran Lyric Opera and CSO soprano, dies at 44Oct 09, 2020 1:00 am - Erin Wall, one of the world's leading opera sopranos, died Thursday from complications of metastatic breast cancer. She was 44. Wall was born in Calgary, Canada, to Ame...
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Persian music master Shajarian who backed Iran protests dies
Oct 08, 2020 7:00 am - TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Mohammad Reza Shajarian, whose distinctive voice quavered to traditional Persian music on state radio for years before supporting protesters followin...
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Famed Baltimore sportscaster Vince Bagli dies at age 93
Oct 07, 2020 7:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - Vince Bagli, a sportscaster whose career covering Baltimore sports spanned nearly five decades, died Tuesday. He was 93. Gerry Sandusky, sports directo...
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Mario Molina, Mexico chemistry Nobel winner, dies at 77
Oct 07, 2020 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mario Molina, winner of the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1995 and the only Mexican scientist to be honored with a Nobel, died Wednesday in his native M...
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Obituary: MURIEL (ZIOLKOWSKI) GOTSCHEWSKI, 92, OF GLENVIEWOct 07, 2020 1:00 am - Muriel Gotschewski, nee Ziolkowski, 92, longtime resident of Glenview, passed away Sept. 24, 2020. Beloved wife for 68 years of the late Paul; loving mother of Robert (J...