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Arlington Heights woman remembered as 'amazing volunteer'

By John Leusch
Jun 14, 2020 1:00 am - Dolores Kaiser lived her life for others. You might call her the ultimate volunteer, which hardly went unnoticed by her Catholic parish of more than 40 years. Kaiser ear...
Hollywood power publicist and pal to stars Nanci Ryder dies

By MARK KENNEDY
Jun 12, 2020 7:00 am - Nanci Ryder, a powerful Hollywood publicist and co-founder of BWR Public Relations who became close to such stars as RenÃ©e Zellweger and Courteney Cox, died Thursday of...
Rolling Meadows pioneer served District 15 in era of growth

By Bob Susnjara
Jun 12, 2020 6:00 am - Rolling Meadows pioneer and former Palatine Township Elementary District 15 board member Joel D. Meyer died this week, about a month after celebrating his 100th birthday...
Lonnie Wheeler, author of more than a dozen books, has died

By The Associated Press
Jun 10, 2020 7:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - Lonnie Wheeler, who wrote or collaborated on more than a dozen sports books, including Hank Aaron's autobiography, has died after years of struggling w...
Burundi says president Nkurunziza has died of heart attack

By ELOGE WILLY KANEZA and IGNATIUS SSUUNA
Jun 09, 2020 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza has died of a heart attack at age 56, the government announced Tuesday, ending a 15-year-rule marked by deadl...
NBC 5 anchor Dick Johnson dies at 66

By Robert Feder
Jun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Dick Johnson, a Chicago television news anchor and reporter for 38 years, is being remembered by colleagues for his versatility as a journalist as well as his gracious m...
Lake County Board honors former member Carol Spielman

By Russell Lissau
Jun 09, 2020 1:00 am - Former Lake County Board member Carol Spielman, who died last week at 92, was honored by the current board Tuesday morning. Members from both political parties sang Spie...
Bonnie Pointer, early member of Pointer Sisters, dies at 69

By ANDREW DALTON
Jun 08, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bonnie Pointer, who in 1969 convinced three of her church-singing siblings to form the Pointer Sisters, which would become one of the biggest acts of ...
Japan advocate for daughter, others abducted to NKorea dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Jun 06, 2020 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Shigeru Yokota, a Japanese campaigner for the return of his daughter and more than a dozen others who were abducted to North Korea in the 1970s, has died. H...
Kurt Thomas, first US man to win world gym title, dies at 64

By The Associated Press
Jun 06, 2020 7:00 am - Kurt Thomas, the first U.S. male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, has died. He was 64. Thomas' family said he died Friday. He had a stroke May 24, caused ...

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