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Marie Fredriksson of Swedish pop duo Roxette dies at 61

The Associated Press
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...
Former Arlington Heights Mayor James T. Ryan, advocate for downtown growth, dies

By Christopher Placek
Dec 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...
George Laurer, inventor of ubiquitous UPC, dies at 94

The Associated Press
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 ...
Ex-Fed Chair Volcker dies, tamed inflation with recession

By PAUL WISEMAN and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
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...
Ice bucket challenge inspiration Pete Frates dies at 34

By MARK PRATT
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 ...
Sesame Street puppeteer Caroll Spinney dies at age 85

By ANDREW DALTON
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 ...
'~Benson,' '~Star Trek' actor RenÃ© Auberjonois has died at 79

By ANDREW DALTON
Dec 08, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - RenÃ© 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...
Former Iowa athletic director Bump Elliott dies at 94

By LUKE MEREDITH
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...
Piero Terracina, Rome Jew who survived Nazi death camp, dies

By FRANCES D'EMILIO
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 ...
'Benson,' 'Star Trek' actor René Auberjonois has died at 79

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer
Dec 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 ...

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