Obituaries
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Valentina Cortese, Italian screen diva, dead at 96
Jul 10, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Valentina Cortese, an Italian post-war screen diva who was nominated for a best supporting actress Oscar but lost out to Ingrid Bergman, died on Wednesday. S...
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Retired Hoffman Estates, Mundelein fire department leader dies at 91Jul 10, 2019 1:00 am - Edward Kalasa, who served in top leadership roles for the Hoffman Estates and Mundelein fire departments in the 1980s, died peacefully at his home Monday at the age of 9...
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Colorful self-made billionaire H. Ross Perot dies at 89
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - H. Ross Perot, the colorful, self-made Texas billionaire who rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty and twice mounted outsider campaigns for presi...
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Former Argentine President De la Rua dies at 81
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Former Argentine President Fernando De la Rúa, who attracted voters with his image as an honest statesman and later left as the country p...
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Former Argentine President Fernando De la Rúa dies at 81
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Former Argentine President Fernando De la Rúa, who attracted voters with his image as an honest statesman and later left the country plun...
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H. Ross Perot rose from poverty to self-made billionaire
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - H. Ross Perot rose from a childhood of Depression-era poverty to become a self-made billionaire who twice ran for president with a mixture of folksy saying...
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Former Predators captain Greg Johnson dies at 48
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - Former Nashville Predators captain Greg Johnson has died. He was 48. Tom Laidlaw, his former agent, told USA Today Johnson died Monday at his home in Michigan. No other ...
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Architect known designing for African American museum dies
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Architect Phil Freelon, who designed buildings ranging from local libraries to the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Cul...
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'Giant sucking sound': Perot's quips over the years
Jul 09, 2019 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - H. Ross Perot, who died Tuesday at his home in Dallas, was known for memorable quips, especially during his run for president as a third-party candidate in...
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South African aiming to be 1st black African in space dies
Jul 08, 2019 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Mandla Maseko, a South African man who had won the opportunity to become the first black African to go into space, has died in a motorcycle crash. He...