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Russian theater director Volchek dies at 86

The Associated Press
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Galina Volchek, a prominent Russian theater director and actress, has died. She was 86. Volchek died in Moscow on Thursday, Moscow's Sovremennik Theater sa...
Ari Behn, Spacey accuser and ex of Norwegian princess, dies

By PHILIP MARCELO
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - Scandinavian writer Ari Behn - the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise and among the people who had accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct - died thi...
Funeral Saturday for former Stevenson High School trustee

By Russell Lissau
Dec 26, 2019 12:00 am - A funeral will be held Saturday for a longtime Lake County resident who served on the Stevenson High School board and in many other community roles. Ellen M. Van Demerkt...
Songwriter Allee Willis, who did "Friends" theme, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 25, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical "The Color Purple" as well as the theme song from the TV show 'œFriends'ť and Eart...
Notable deaths in the Fox Valley in 2019: Remembering many who made a difference

Daily Herald report
Dec 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Even as we look toward the promise of 2020, we remember those we lost in the past year whose countless contributions helped make the Fox Valley a better place. There we...
Notable deaths 2019: Remembering many who made a difference in DuPage County

Daily Herald report
Dec 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Even as we look toward the promise of 2020, we remember those we lost in the past year whose countless contributions helped make DuPage County become a better place. Ma...
Elizabeth Spencer, 'Light In the Piazza' author, dies at 98

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 24, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Elizabeth Spencer, a grande dame of Southern literature who bravely navigated between the Jim Crow past and open-ended present in her novels and stories ...
'Colors of the Mountain' author Da Chen dies at 57

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 24, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Da Chen, the brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing up in the midst of China's cultural revolutio...
Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD proponent, dies at 88

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2019 6:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it wit...
Algeria's military chief Gaid Salah dies amid protest crisis

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2019 6:00 am - ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's powerful military chief Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah, who was instrumental in pushing out the gas-rich country's long-serving president amid p...

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