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High school coach portrayed in 'Remember the Titans' dies

By TOM FOREMAN Jr.
Dec 18, 2019 6:00 am - With his health declining, Herman Boone was still mapping out football strategy as if he were about to walk the sidelines one more time. 'œHis daughter said the other ni...
Former Crystal Lake Mayor Robert Wagner dies

By Cassie Buchman
Dec 17, 2019 12:00 am - Robert Wagner, former mayor of Crystal Lake, held several public service positions in his 64 years of life. After serving as mayor from 1995 to 1999, he went on to be a ...
Long-time Hawthorne Race Course president Carey dies at 87

By Jim O'Donnell Sports & Media columnist
Dec 17, 2019 12:00 am - Tom Carey, the long-time president of Hawthorne Race Course and a key figure in enabling Arlington Park to complete its 1985 live meeting after a catastrophic fire, has ...
Mary Fenlon, mentor to Georgetown basketball, dies at 81

The Associated Press
Dec 16, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Mary Fenlon, Georgetown's longtime men's basketball academic coordinator, has died She was 81. She died Sunday in Henderson, Nevada, after a battle wit...
Motorsports safety pioneer Bill Simpson dies after stroke

By JENNA FRYER
Dec 16, 2019 6:00 am - Bill Simpson, a pioneer in motorsports safety credited with creating equipment that saved too many drivers to count from death or serious injury, died Monday from compli...
Reinhard Bonnke, preacher who drew millions, dies at 79

By MATT SEDENSKY
Dec 16, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The Rev. Reinhard Bonnke, a Pentecostal preacher whose crusades across Africa drew millions with the promise of faith healings and the minister's own sto...
Former NHL player Vladimir Tsyplyakov dies at 50

The Associated Press
Dec 16, 2019 6:00 am - MINSK, Belarus (AP) - Vladimir Tsyplyakov, a Belarusian hockey player who spent six seasons in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings and the Buffalo Sabres, has died. He wa...
Anna Karina, the icon of French New Wave cinema, dies at 79

The Associated Press
Dec 15, 2019 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Anna Karina, the French New Wave actress who became an icon of the cinema in the 1960s and was the muse of Jean-Luc Godard, has died. She was 79. The French...
South Carolina man who inspired movie "Radio" dead at 73

The Associated Press
Dec 15, 2019 6:00 am - ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - James 'œRadio'ť Kennedy, the man who was a fixture on the sidelines of a South Carolina high school's football games for decades and whose life ins...
Doug Woog, former U. of Minnesota hockey coach, dies at 75

The Associated Press
Dec 15, 2019 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Doug Woog, the former University of Minnesota hockey coach who took the Gophers to six Frozen Fours without winning a title, has died. He was 75. Woog...

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