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Three Dog Night’s Chuck Negron, voice behind ‘Joy to the World,’ dies at 83

By BETH HARRIS
Feb 03, 2026 7:16 am - Chuck Negron, a founding member of Three Dog Night whose lead vocals powered a string of hits including “Joy to the World,” “One” and “An Old Fashioned Love Song” for one of the top rock acts of the late 1960s and early ’70s, died Monday. He was 83.
Demond Wilson, who played Lamont on 'Sanford and Son,' dies at 79

Feb 01, 2026 5:31 pm - Demond Wilson, who found fame in the 1970s playing Lamont on “Sanford and Son” and went on to become a minister, has died. He was 79. Mark Goldman, a publicist for Wilson...
Mathematician Gladys West dies at 95. She was a hidden figure behind GPS.

By Harrison Smith
Jan 31, 2026 5:48 pm - Dr. Gladys West, who died Jan. 17 at 95, used her mathematical skills to become a barrier-breaking researcher for the Navy, mastering a bulky supercomputer known as Stretch while calculating satellite orbits and developing a precise model of the Earth’s surface. Her research laid the groundwork for the Global Positioning System, GPS, a technology that has made getting lost a thing of the past.
Catherine O’Hara, Emmy-winning comedian of ‘Schitt’s Creek’ and ‘Home Alone’ fame, dies at 71

By ANDREW DALTON and JOCELYN NOVECK
Jan 30, 2026 12:40 pm - Catherine O'Hara, the Emmy-winning actor known for comedic roles across the decades — from Kevin's beleaguered mom in “Home Alone” to the iconic Moira Rose in “Schitt's Creek” — died Friday at 71.
‘One of the good guys’: Former Elmhurst, Oak Brook elected official Gerald Wolin dies

By Dave Oberhelman
Jan 20, 2026 5:09 pm - Oak Brook resident Gerald “Jerry” Wolin, who served city panels for both Elmhurst and Oak Brook, died Jan. 17 at 86.
‘A giant’ and ‘friend’ of Vernon Township, former state senator Bill Peterson dies

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Jan 16, 2026 3:47 pm - Longtime Vernon Township supervisor and former state Sen. William E. “Bill” Peterson Jr. of Long Grove died Jan. 11 at age 89 at Northwest Community Hospital in Arlington Heights.
Scott Adams, ‘Dilbert’ creator who poked fun at bad bosses, dies at 68

Harrison Smith
Jan 13, 2026 9:54 am - Scott Adams, who became a hero to millions of cubicle-dwelling office workers as the creator of the satirical comic strip “Dilbert,” only to rebrand himself as a digital provocateur - at home in the Trump era’s right-wing mediasphere - with inflammatory comments about race, politics and identity, died Jan. 13. He was 68.
Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90

Jan 11, 2026 4:24 pm - BERLIN (AP) — Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal en...
Retired Elgin Community College board member, Larkin High teacher John Duffy dies at 91

By Eric Peterson
Jan 10, 2026 8:03 pm - Funeral services will be held this week for longtime Larkin High School teacher and Elgin Community College board member John Duffy, who died on Christmas Eve at the age of 91.
Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78

By ANDREW DALTON
Jan 10, 2026 7:01 pm - Bob Weir, guitarist, singer and founding member of the Grateful Dead, has died at age 78.Weir's death was announced Saturday in a statement on his Instagram page.

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