Obituaries
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Robert Ryland, first Black pro tennis player, dead at 100
Aug 13, 2020 7:00 am - Robert Ryland, the first Black professional tennis player and later a coach to such stars as Arthur Ashe and Serena and Venus Williams, has died. He was 100. Ryland died...
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Yeoman, who coached Houston for 25 seasons, dead at 92
Aug 12, 2020 7:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Bill Yeoman, the longtime Houston football coach who led the Cougars to four Southwest Conference titles and a school-record 160 victories, has died. He w...
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Sumner Redstone, who built media empire including CBS, dies
Aug 12, 2020 7:00 am - Sumner Redstone, who joined his family's drive-in movie chain in the 1950s and used it to build a vast media empire that included CBS and Viacom, has died. He was 97. Un...
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Mel Stute, trainer of 1986 Preakness winner, dies at 93
Aug 12, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mel Stute, who trained Snow Chief to victory in the 1986 Preakness and the Eclipse Award as the nation's best 3-year-old male, died Wednesday. He was ...
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Jazz Showcase owner Joe Segal dies
Aug 12, 2020 1:00 am - Joe Segal, the Chicago impresario who promoted jazz for more than seven decades, died Monday at 94, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Mr. Segal, whose love affair with...
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Trini Lopez, 1960s-era singer mentored by Sinatra, dies
Aug 11, 2020 7:00 am - RIO RANCHO, N.M. (AP) - Trini Lopez, a singer and guitarist who gained fame for his versions of 'œLemon Tree'ť and 'œIf I Had a Hammer'ť in the 1960s and took his talent...
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Pro wrestling star James 'Kamala' Harris dies at 70
Aug 10, 2020 7:00 am - James Harris, a Mississippi-born sharecropper who gained international fame as 'œKamala the Ugandan Giant,'ť a massive professional wrestler who buried opponents with hi...
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Hardy, two-sport star, architect of Orange Crush dies at 87
Aug 09, 2020 7:00 am - HIGHLANDS RANCH, Colo. (AP) - Carroll Hardy, a multi-sport star best known as the only man ever to pinch hit for Ted Williams, died Sunday at age 87. Hardy was also know...
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Italy's pioneering comic actor, Franca Valeri, dies at 100
Aug 09, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Franca Valeri, an elegant, ironic and versatile actor who pioneered female comic roles in Italy's post-war years and helped the nation laugh at its foibles, ...
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Life of 40-year trustee Petri celebrated in Elk Grove council chambersAug 08, 2020 1:00 am - There was no better place to celebrate the life of James "Jim" Paul Petri than in the Elk Grove Village council chambers he served in for four decades, though the villag...