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Bobby Lee Verdugo, leader of 1968 LA school walkout, dies

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
May 02, 2020 7:00 am - Bobby Lee Verdugo, one of the leaders of the 1968 East Los Angeles high school walkout to protest discrimination and dropout rates among Mexican American students, which...
Busse carried on family tradition of Mount Prospect involvement

By Orrin Schwarz
May 02, 2020 1:00 am - Community service was a way of life for George R. Busse. "He followed a family tradition of being very involved in his community and very devoted to his neighbors," said...
Family was light of Mount Prospect salesman's life

By Orrin Schwarz
May 02, 2020 1:00 am - Robert Thomas Rogers loved to talk about his 11 children. "I think it was certainly the light of his life," son Steve Rogers said. The Mount Prospect resident, who died ...
Drummer Tony Allen, driver of Afrobeat sound, dies at 79

By ANDREW MELDRUM
May 01, 2020 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Pioneering drummer Tony Allen, the driver of the Afrobeat sound, has died in Paris at age 79. Allen died Thursday night at the Pompidou Hospital of a...
Former Canadian bobsled champion Douglas Anakin dies at 89

The Associated Press
Apr 30, 2020 7:00 am - INVERMERE, British Columbia (AP) - Douglas Anakin, a member of the four-man Canadian bobsled team that won the Olympic gold medal in 1964, has died. He was 89. Anakin's ...
Top actor and Bollywood scion Rishi Kapoor dies of leukemia

The Associated Press
Apr 30, 2020 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Top Indian actor Rishi Kapoor, a scion of a famous Bollywood family, has died. He was 67 and had leukemia. Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan tweeted on Th...
Mari Winsor, Pilates guru and celebrity trainer, dies at 70

By JONATHAN LANDRUM, Jr.
Apr 30, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mari Winsor, a celebrity trainer for Hollywood's elite who became known as a Pilates guru, has died. She was 70. Winsor's family rep Alison Graham sai...
R.D. Hubbard, horse racing breeder, executive, dies at 84

By BETH HARRIS
Apr 30, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - R.D. Hubbard, who bred, owned and raced thoroughbred and quarter horses and was an influential executive in the racing industry, has died. He was 84. ...
Mexican protest singer Oscar ChÃ¡vez dies of COVID-19 at 85

The Associated Press
Apr 30, 2020 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - One of Mexico's best-known protest singers, Oscar ChÃ¡vez, died Thursday at age 85 after being infected with the coronavirus. Mexico's culture secreta...
Dalla Torre, grand master of Knights of Malta, dies at 75

The Associated Press
Apr 29, 2020 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Giacomo Dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto, an Italian aristocrat who steered the ancient Knights of Malta religious order after an institutional crisis w...

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