Obituaries
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'Ed Farmer was a character': Friends remember longtime Sox broadcaster, former relieverApr 02, 2020 1:00 am - Ed Farmer, the White Sox's radio voice for the last 29 years and a former all-star relief pitcher, passed away Wednesday night in a Los Angeles-area hospital of complica...
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Legendary Vermont sports anchor Tony Adams dies at 95
Apr 01, 2020 7:00 am - BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) - Legendary Vermont sports anchor Tony Adams died at the age of 95. Adams, an anchor for 35 years at WCAX in Burlington, died Tuesday evening, the s...
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1st virus death in Senegal is ex-French soccer club boss
Apr 01, 2020 7:00 am - DAKAR, Senegal (AP) - Pape Diouf, a former president of French soccer club Marseille, died Tuesday in Senegal after contracting the coronavirus. It was the West African ...
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Adam Schlesinger of Fountains of Wayne dies from coronavirus
Apr 01, 2020 7:00 am - Emmy and Grammy-winning musician and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, known for his work with his band Fountains of Wayne and on the TV show 'œCrazy Ex-Girlfriend,'ť died We...
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Suburban pizza king Fred Rosati dies at 102Apr 01, 2020 1:00 am - Fred Rosati, who helped his family's pizzerias become a national chain after his brothers started the first restaurant in Mount Prospect, is being remembered for his fri...
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Actor Andrew Jack dies of coronavirus at 76 in Britain
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Star Wars actor Andrew Jack has died in Britain as a result of the coronavirus, his agent said on Wednesday. He was 76. The actor, who also worked as a dia...
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Phillip Anderson, Nobel laureate in physics, dies at 96
Mar 31, 2020 7:00 am - PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) - Philip Anderson, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist who expanded the world's understanding of magnetism and superconductivity, has died. He was 96. ...
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'Strega Nona' author Tomie dePaola is dead at age 85
Mar 30, 2020 7:00 am - CONCORD, New Hampshire (AP) - Tomie dePaola, the prolific children's author and illustrator who delighted generations with tales of Strega Nona, the kindly and helpful o...
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McHenry Township Fire Protection District mourns death of Mark JustenMar 30, 2020 1:00 am - Officials from the McHenry Township Fire Protection District said Monday they were grieving the death of longtime board member and former district first responder firefi...
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Elmhurst College remembers artist, educator Suellen RoccaMar 30, 2020 1:00 am - Suellen Rocca is being remembered this week as an artist, curator and longtime Elmhurst College educator who shared the school's art collection with museums and gallerie...