Obituaries
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Writer AE Hotchner, friend to Hemingway, Newman, dead at 102
Feb 16, 2020 6:00 am - A.E. Hotchner, a well-traveled author, playwright and gadabout whose street smarts and famous pals led to a loving, but litigated memoir of Ernest Hemingway, business ad...
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Oilman, former Texas governor candidate Williams dies at 88
Feb 15, 2020 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Clayton Williams, a colorful Texas oilman and philanthropist whose 1990 run for governor was derailed after joking about rape and acknowledging he went a y...
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Lynn Cohen, who played Magda in 'Sex and the City,' dies
Feb 15, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lynn Cohen, an actress best known for playing the plainspoken housekeeper and nanny Magda in 'œSex and the City,'ť has died. She was 86. Cohen died Frida...
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Former Irish national team player Jimmy Conway dies at 73
Feb 14, 2020 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Jimmy Conway, a former Irish international whose club career included stops with Fulham and the Portland Timbers, has died from complications of de...
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Jimmy Hoffa associate who was suspect in disappearance dies
Feb 14, 2020 6:00 am - BOCA RATON, Fla. (AP) - Charles 'œChuckie'ť O'Brien, a longtime associate of Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa who became a leading suspect in the labor leader's disappearance ...
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Soldier who was Palatine native to be remembered at service in village SundayFeb 14, 2020 12:00 am - A public service to remember Army Staff Sgt. Matt Morgan will be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Smith-Corcoran Funeral Home, 185 E. Northwest Hwy. in Palatine. Morgan, 30, ...
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RK Pachauri, who led Nobel-winning climate panel, dies at 79
Feb 13, 2020 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Indian environmentalist Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, under whose leadership a U.N. climate change panel shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, has died after re...
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Jimmy Peau, who boxed as Jimmy Thunder, dead at 54
Feb 13, 2020 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Samoa-born Jimmy Peau, who as Jimmy Thunder recorded one of the fastest knockouts in professional boxing with a first-punch victory over A...
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Frederick Koch, low-profile Koch brother, dies at 86
Feb 13, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Frederick Koch, who kept a low profile as an arts benefactor rather than joining the family oil business that became Koch Industries, has died, according...
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Russian WWII intelligence veteran Botyan dies at 103
Feb 13, 2020 6:00 am - Alexei Botyan, a veteran of Soviet intelligence hailed for saving the Polish city of Krakow from being blown up by the Nazis during World War II, has died at 103. Russia...