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America's 1st female astronaut candidate, Jerrie Cobb, dies

By MARCIA DUNN
Apr 18, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - America's first female astronaut candidate, pilot Jerrie Cobb, who pushed for equality in space but never reached its heights, has died. Cobb...
Longtime Chicago sportscaster Chet Coppock dies at 70

The Associated Press
Apr 18, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Longtime Chicago sportscaster Chet Coppock has died at age 70 after a car accident a week ago. His daughter, Lyndsey, says on her Facebook page her father...
O'Donnell: Question will always linger - Did Chet Coppock love Chet Coppock?

By Jim O'Donnell
Apr 18, 2019 1:00 am - For Chet Coppock, it was easy being CHET COPPOCK! It was much more complex being Chet Coppock. He was born to live in the limelight. He died so far away from it. News of...
Alan GarcÃa, ex-Peruvian president, dies at 69

By FRANKLIN BRICEÃO
Apr 17, 2019 7:00 am - LIMA, Peru (AP) - Alan GarcÃa, a former Peruvian president whose first term in the 1980s was marred by financial chaos and rebel violence, and who was recently targeted...
Monkey Punch, creator of megahit Japan comic Lupin III, dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Apr 17, 2019 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Cartoonist Monkey Punch, best known as the creator of the Japanese megahit comic series Lupin III, has died at age of 81. His office, MP Pictures, said Wedn...
Former Maryville, Notre Dame College Prep leader the Rev. John Smyth dies

By Bob Susnjara
Apr 17, 2019 1:00 am - The Chicago-area Catholic community is mourning the death of the Rev. John P. Smyth, who after choosing the priesthood over a chance to play in the NBA served as the lon...
'Mary Tyler Moore Show' actress Georgia Engel dies at 70

By LYNN ELBER
Apr 16, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Georgia Engel, who played the charmingly innocent, small-voiced Georgette on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and amassed a string of other TV and stage cr...
Former astronaut Owen Garriott dies, flew on Skylab station

By MARCIA DUNN
Apr 16, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America's first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88....
Wheeling High School mourns beloved English teacher, theater director

By Eileen O. Daday
Apr 16, 2019 1:00 am - A beloved English teacher at Wheeling High School, who had a heart for English language learners and those in need of reading help, died Friday, just three days after sh...
Swedish actress Bibi Andersson dies at age 83.

The Associated Press
Apr 15, 2019 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Bibi Andersson, the Swedish actress who starred in classic films by compatriot Ingmar Bergman, including "The Seventh Seal" and "Persona,"has ...

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