Obituaries
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Ken Kercheval, beleaguered Cliff on 'Dallas,' dies at 83
Apr 24, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ken Kercheval, who played perennial punching bag Cliff Barnes to Larry Hagman's scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the hit TV series "Dallas," has died....
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'War of the Roses' author Warren Adler dies at 91
Apr 24, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Best-selling author Warren Adler who chronicled dysfunction and duplicity, most notably in his divorce novel "The War of the Roses," a dark comedy that w...
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Feder: Jim Dunbar, a WLS original rock jock, dies at 89Apr 24, 2019 1:00 am - Though best known for his nearly four decades as a radio talk show host in San Francisco, Jim Dunbar will forever be remembered in Chicago as one of the original Top 40 ...
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European Cup-winning Celtic captain Billy McNeill dies at 79
Apr 23, 2019 7:00 am - GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Billy McNeill, the captain of Glasgow soccer club Celtic when it became the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967, has died. He was...
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Henry Bloch, co-founder of tax company H&R Block, dies at 96
Apr 23, 2019 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Henry Bloch, who helped found tax preparation giant H&R Block, died Tuesday at age 96, the company announced. Bloch died of natural causes at St....
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Berlin businesswoman, feted for driving around world, dies
Apr 23, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Heidi Hetzer, a Berlin businesswoman whose late-in-life decision to drive around the world in an American vintage car won her many fans back home in German...
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Paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren dies at 92
Apr 19, 2019 7:00 am - MONROE, Conn. (AP) - World-wide paranormal investigator and author Lorraine Warren, whose decades of ghost-hunting cases with her late husband inspired such frightening ...
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Funeral held for widow of 50s rocker Frankie Lymon
Apr 19, 2019 7:00 am - AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Funeral services have been held for the widow of '50s rock star Frankie Lymon. Family and friends said goodbye Friday to Emira Eagle Lymon Bryant, wh...
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Chet Coppock 1948-2019: In his own wordsApr 19, 2019 1:00 am - Chet Coppock was a giant of sports broadcasting in Chicago for nearly four decades. From his first big job in town as the main sports anchor at NBC-owned WMAQ-Channel 5 ...
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Visitation, funeral set for the Rev. John Smyth, former Maryville Academy leaderApr 19, 2019 1:00 am - Funeral arrangements have been set for the Rev. John P. Smyth, the longtime leader of Maryville Academy in Des Plaines, who died Tuesday. A funeral Mass is scheduled for...