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Michael Lerner, 'Barton Fink' Oscar nominee, dies at 81

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
Apr 10, 2023 1:00 am - Michael Lerner, the Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick...
CEO of flag-making company had passion to save, grow family business

By Susan Sarkauskas
Apr 03, 2023 1:00 am - In 1990, widow Janice Christiansen had a tough choice to make. Should she take over leading a family-run, foundering flag-making company? Or should she liquidate it, as ...
Basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed, leader on Knicks' 2 title teams, dies at 80

By BRIAN MAHONEY AP Basketball Writer
Mar 21, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championsh...
Actor Lance Reddick dies at 60

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Mar 17, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including "The Wire," "Fringe" and th...
Arlington Heights author who became known nationally as the 'angel lady' dies

By Christopher Placek
Mar 10, 2023 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights author who rose to national fame and became known as the "angel lady" for her books about angels and miracles has died. Joan Marie Wester Anderson, ...
Robert Blake, actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89

By LINDA DEUTSCH AP Special Correspondent
Mar 10, 2023 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife...
Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' actor, dies at 61

Associated Press
Mar 03, 2023 12:00 am - BURBANK, Calif. - Tom Sizemore, the "Saving Private Ryan" actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, di...
Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89

Associated Press
Mar 02, 2023 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a cen...
Char Kozak of Schaumburg dies 82 days after husband

By Eric Peterson
Feb 28, 2023 10:00 pm - Char Kozak, wife of late Schaumburg village trustee Frank Kozak, passed away last week at the age of 80, only 82 days after her husband. Both were deeply involved in the...
Richard Belzer, stand-up comic and TV detective, dies at 78

By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
Feb 19, 2023 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Richard Belzer, the longtime stand-up comedian who became one of TV's most indelible detectives as John Munch in "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Law & Ord...

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