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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 ...
Pete Rademacher, 1956 Olympic boxing champion, dies at 91

TOM WITHERS
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...
Longtime Mount Prospect Library board member left 'permanent mark'

Daily Herald report
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...
'Splash,' 'Stern' writer Bruce Jay Friedman dead at 90

By HILLEL ITALIE
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 '...
Arrogate, North America's richest racehorse, dies at 7

By BETH HARRIS
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...
Biting Mexican comic, satirist HÃ©ctor SuÃ¡rez dies at 81

The Associated Press
Jun 02, 2020 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican comic HÃ©ctor SuÃ¡rez, whose decades-long career celebrated the common man and satirized the rich, corrupt and arrogant, has died at 81. His ...
Wheeling pays tribute to former Village President Sheila Schultz

Daily Herald report
Jun 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...
Former Auburn football coach Pat Dye dies at 80

By JOHN ZENOR
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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