Obituaries
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Marie Fredriksson of Swedish pop duo Roxette dies at 61
Dec 10, 2019 6:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Marie Fredriksson, the female half of the Swedish pop duo Roxette, has died at age 61, her management agency said Tuesday. Fredriksson formed Roxette wi...
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Former Arlington Heights Mayor James T. Ryan, advocate for downtown growth, diesDec 10, 2019 12:00 am - James T. Ryan, the former Arlington Heights mayor who helped shape redevelopment of the village's downtown in the 1970s and 1980s, has died. Ryan, 85, served as mayor fr...
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George Laurer, inventor of ubiquitous UPC, dies at 94
Dec 09, 2019 6:00 am - WENDELL, N.C. (AP) - George J. Laurer, whose invention of the Universal Product Code at IBM transformed retail and other industries around the world, has died. He was ...
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Ex-Fed Chair Volcker dies, tamed inflation with recession
Dec 09, 2019 6:00 am - Paul Volcker, who as Federal Reserve chairman in the early 1980s elevated interest rates to historic highs and triggered a recession as the price of quashing double-digi...
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Ice bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34
Dec 09, 2019 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Pete Frates, a former college baseball player whose battle with Lou Gehrig's disease helped inspire the ALS ice bucket challenge that has raised more than ...
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Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies at age 85
Dec 09, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Caroll Spinney, who gave Big Bird his warmth and Oscar the Grouch his growl for nearly 50 years on 'œSesame Street,'ť died Sunday at the age of 85 at ...
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'~Benson,' '~Star Trek' actor René Auberjonois has died at 79
Dec 08, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - René Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows 'œBenson'ť and 'œStar Trek: Deep Space Nine'ť and his part in the...
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Former Iowa athletic director Bump Elliott dies at 94
Dec 08, 2019 6:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Former University of Iowa athletic director Bump Elliott has died, the university announced. He was 94. Elliott died Saturday, according to a stat...
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Piero Terracina, Rome Jew who survived Nazi death camp, dies
Dec 08, 2019 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Piero Terracina, described as the last survivor among the Roman Jews who were deported from the Italian capital to Nazi death camps during World War II, has ...
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'Benson,' 'Star Trek' actor René Auberjonois has died at 79Dec 08, 2019 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ren#xe9; Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows "Benson" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and his part in the 1970 ...