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Feder: Lee Phillip Bell, 'First Lady of Chicago TV,' recalled as 'gracious and kind'

By Robert Feder
Feb 27, 2020 12:00 am - Lee Phillip Bell, the Chicago talk show pioneer who co-created two long-running CBS soap operas, is being remembered as the "First Lady of Chicago Television," Robert Fe...
Clive Cussler, million-selling adventure writer, dies at 88

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 26, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Clive Cussler, the million-selling adventure writer and real-life thrill-seeker who wove personal details and spectacular fantasies into his page-turning...
Ray York, winning jockey in 1954 Kentucky Derby, dies at 86

By BETH HARRIS
Feb 26, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ray York, who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby aboard Determine at age 20 and rode in a record seven consecutive decades, has died. He was 86. Michael McKa...
Batavia coach, family man remembered as 'one of the good ones'

By Lauren Rohr
Feb 26, 2020 12:00 am - If a Batavia Youth Baseball player didn't have a piece of equipment he needed, Jason Prescott would go out of his way to get it for him. If his wife, Becky, was worried ...
Influential music educator Johnny M. Long dead at 94

The Associated Press
Feb 25, 2020 6:00 am - TROY, Ala. (AP) - Johnny M. Long, a leading U.S. music educator and the longtime leader of Troy University's band, has died, the school said Tuesday. He as 94. Long died...
Mubarak, Egypt's autocrat ousted in uprising, dies at 91

By SAMY MAGDY
Feb 25, 2020 6:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab...
Dick Bank, who called '64 Olympic track upset, dies at 90

By BETH HARRIS
Feb 25, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dick Bank, whose excited television call of 'œLook at Mills! Look at Mills!'ť alerted American Billy Mills' stunning upset in the 10,000 meters at the...
Vietnam dissident Buddhist monk Thich Quang Do dies at 91

The Associated Press
Feb 25, 2020 6:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Thich Quang Do, a Buddhist monk who became the public face of religious dissent in Vietnam while the Communist government kept him in prison or und...
Ken Peters, AP sports writer who covered Olympics, dies

By BETH HARRIS
Feb 25, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ken Peters, who covered multiple Olympics and other major events during a nearly 35-year career as a sports writer for The Associated Press, has died....
Mubarak, Egypt's autocrat ousted in uprising, dies at 91

By SAMY MAGDY Associated Press
Feb 25, 2020 12:00 am - CAIRO - Hosni Mubarak, the Egyptian leader who was the autocratic face of stability in the Middle East for nearly 30 years before being forced from power in an Arab Spri...

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