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'True guardian of children' Kane County abuse prosecutor mourned

By Susan Sarkauskas
Aug 28, 2020 1:00 am - Debra Bree was passionate about protecting the children of Kane County, and prosecuting those who hurt them. She spent most of her 20 years as a Kane County prosecutor d...
Jakob van Zyl, key Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, dies

The Associated Press
Aug 27, 2020 7:00 am - PASADENA, Calif. (AP) - Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions...
Computer pioneer Arnold Spielberg, Steven's dad, dies at 103

By ANDREW DALTON
Aug 26, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Arnold Spielberg, father of filmmaker Steven Spielberg and an innovating engineer whose work helped make the personal computer possible, has died at 1...
Former NFL and NHL executive Vince Casey dead at age 78

The Associated Press
Aug 26, 2020 7:00 am - LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) - Vince Casey, a longtime sports public relations executive who worked for the NFL and in the NHL, has died. He was 78. Casey died Monday at his ho...
Writer Gail Sheehy, author of '~Passages,' dies at 83

By HILLEL ITALIE
Aug 25, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Gail Sheehy, the journalist, commentator and pop sociologist whose best-selling 'œPassages'ť helped millions navigate their lives from early adulthood to...
Musician Justin Townes Earle dead at age 38

By The Associated Press
Aug 24, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Singer-songwriter Justin Townes Earle, a leading performer of American roots music known for his introspective and haunting style, has died at 38. New W...
Full honors for Elgin's 'houseless not homeless' blogger

By Elena Ferrarin
Aug 21, 2020 1:00 am - Friends and blog readers gave Doug Henke a final, heartfelt send-off Friday morning in a service with military honors at Bluff City Cemetery, followed by a private scatt...
Slade Gorton, former Washington US senator, dies at 92

By GENE JOHNSON
Aug 19, 2020 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Slade Gorton, a patrician and cerebral politician from Washington state who served as a U.S. Senate Republican leader before he was ousted by the growing ...
Dan Budnik, who photographed civil rights movement, dies

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2020 7:00 am - TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - Acclaimed photographer Dan Budnik, noted for his portraits of artists in New York in the 1960s and documenting the civil rights movement and Native ...
'Chariots of Fire' star Ben Cross dies after short illness

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ben Cross, an actor who starred in the Academy Award-winning film 'œChariots of Fire'ť and 'œStar Trek,'ť has died. He was 72. His representative Tra...

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