Obituaries
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Japan advocate for daughter, others abducted to NKorea dies
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...
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Kurt Thomas, first US man to win world gym title, dies at 64
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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Pete Rademacher, 1956 Olympic boxing champion, dies at 91
Jun 05, 2020 7:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Pete Rademacher, who won a boxing gold medal at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics and fought Floyd Patterson for the heavyweight title in his first profession...
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Longtime Mount Prospect Library board member left 'permanent mark'Jun 05, 2020 1:00 am - Jackie Hinaber, who served on the Mount Prospect Public Library board for 25 years, has died. She was 78. "Jackie's dedication to the library has left a permanent mark o...
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'Splash,' 'Stern' writer Bruce Jay Friedman dead at 90
Jun 03, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bruce Jay Friedman, an Oscar-nominated screenplay writer and popular playwright and author known for the wry comedy and subtle pathos of such novels as '...
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Arrogate, North America's richest racehorse, dies at 7
Jun 02, 2020 7:00 am - Arrogate, winner of the 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic and the champion 3-year-old male that year on his way to becoming North America's all-time leading money earner, has d...
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Biting Mexican comic, satirist Héctor Suárez dies at 81
Jun 02, 2020 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican comic Héctor Suárez, whose decades-long career celebrated the common man and satirized the rich, corrupt and arrogant, has died at 81. His ...
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Wheeling pays tribute to former Village President Sheila SchultzJun 02, 2020 1:00 am - Community leaders, residents and village workers lined the streets of Wheeling on Tuesday to pay tribute to former Village President Sheila Schultz. Schultz, a 65-year W...
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Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80
Jun 01, 2020 7:00 am - College Football Hall of Famer Pat Dye, who took over a downtrodden Auburn football program in 1981 and turned it into a Southeastern Conference power, died Monday. He w...
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Janez Kocijancic, Slovenia's top sports official, dies at 78
Jun 01, 2020 7:00 am - LJUBLJANA, Slovenia (AP) - Janez Kocijančič, Slovenia's leading sports official for decades, died on Monday. He was 78. The European Olympic Committees, of w...