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Service next week for Elgin homeless blogger Doug Henke

By Elena Ferrarin
Jun 19, 2020 1:00 am - A memorial service for Elgin's "houseless, not homeless" blogger Doug Henke will take place next week. The memorial at 6 p.m. Friday is being held by Street Reach, a min...
World War II forces sweetheart singer Vera Lynn dies at 103

By DANICA KIRKA
Jun 18, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Dame Vera Lynn, the endearingly popular 'œForces' Sweetheart'ť who serenaded British troops during World War II, has died at 103. During the war and long a...
Jean Kennedy Smith dies at 92; last surviving sibling of JFK

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and PHILIP MARCELO
Jun 18, 2020 7:00 am - Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Irela...
Benedek, 3-time Olympic water polo champ from Hungary, dies

By PABLO GORONDI
Jun 18, 2020 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Tibor Benedek, a three-time Olympic water polo champion from Hungary who captained and later coached his country's national team, has died. He w...
Jean Kennedy Smith dies at 92; last surviving sibling of JFK

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and PHILIP MARCELO Associated Press
Jun 18, 2020 1:00 am - Jean Kennedy Smith, who was the last surviving sibling of President John F. Kennedy and who as a U.S. ambassador played a key role in the peace process in Northern Irela...
Former snooker player Willie Thorne dies at 66

By STEVE DOUGLAS
Jun 17, 2020 7:00 am - Willie Thorne, a former snooker player who was one of Britain's most distinctive sportsmen in the 1980s because of his bald head, died Wednesday. He was 66. ...
3-time Olympic water polo champion Gyorgy Karpati dies at 84

By PABLO GORONDI
Jun 17, 2020 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Gyorgy Karpati, a three-time Olympic water polo champion for Hungary, has died. He was 84. The Association of Immortal Hungarian Athletes annou...
Famous feline of 'A Street Cat Named Bob' dies at 14-ish

The Associated Press
Jun 16, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Bob, a cat whose relationship with the recovering heroin addict who adopted him inspired the book and film 'œA Street Cat Named Bob,'ť has died. He was at ...
EdÃ©n Pastora, Nicaraguan revolutionary, dead at 83

The Associated Press
Jun 16, 2020 7:00 am - MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - One of the most mercurial, charismatic figures of Central America's revolutionary upheavals, EdÃ©n Pastora, died early Tuesday. He was 83. On A...
Boilermakers' longest-tenured AD, Morgan Burke, dies at 68

The Associated Press
Jun 15, 2020 7:00 am - WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Morgan Burke, the longest serving athletic director in Purdue history, died at his home Monday after battling a rare disease for the past yea...

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