Obituaries
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A 'zest for people': Wickstrom family remembers public face of Roselle dealershipFeb 04, 2020 12:00 am - Before the Walter E. Smithe brothers and Peter Francis Geraci earned their place in the Chicago TV commercial pantheon, there was Dan Wickstrom. Wickstrom's charisma mad...
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Eminent man of letters George Steiner dead at age 90
Feb 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - George Steiner, who became one of the world's leading public intellectuals through his uncommon erudition, multilingual perspective and the provocative l...
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Bernie Ebbers, ex-CEO convicted in WorldCom scandal, dies
Feb 03, 2020 6:00 am - The former chief of WorldCom, convicted in one of the largest corporate accounting scandals in U.S. history, died just over a month after his early release from prison. ...
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Former Georgia basketball star Terry Fair dies at 59
Feb 01, 2020 6:00 am - ATHENS, Ga. (AP) - Terry Fair, a key player on Georgia only men's Final Four team, has died at the age of 59. The university said Fair died Thursday of natural causes in...
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Author Mary Higgins Clark, 'Queen of Suspense,' dead at 92
Feb 01, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Mary Higgins Clark, the tireless and long-reigning "Queen of Suspense" whose tales of women beating the odds made her one of the world's most popular wri...
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Andy Gill, guitarist for punk band Gang of Four, has died
Feb 01, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Guitarist Andy Gill, who supplied the scratching, seething sound that fueled the highly influential British punk band Gang of Four, died Saturday, accord...
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Jasper Sanfilippo built nut company and an unusual collection of musical instrumentsFeb 01, 2020 12:00 am - Jasper Sanfilippo built his family's nut business into a publicly traded company that last year had $876 million in sales. However, it is his passion for musical instrum...
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Navajo Code Talker dies at 96; less than a handful remain
Jan 31, 2020 6:00 am - WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. (AP) - One of the few remaining Navajo Code Talkers who used their native language to confound the Japanese in World War II has died. Joe Vandever Sr....
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Anne Cox Chambers, wealthy newspaper heiress, dies at 100
Jan 31, 2020 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Anne Cox Chambers, a newspaper heiress, diplomat and philanthropist who was one of the country's richest women, died Friday at the age of 100. Chambers' ...
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Fred Silverman, TV executive at 3 major networks, dies at 82
Jan 30, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fred Silverman, the only TV executive who steered programming for each of the Big Three broadcast networks and who brought 'œAll in the Family,'ť 'œRo...