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'Children of a Lesser God' writer Mark Medoff dies at 79

By MARK KENNEDY
Apr 24, 2019 7:00 am - Mark Medoff, a provocative playwright whose "Children of a Lesser God" won Tony and Olivier awards and whose screen adaptation of his play earned an Oscar nomination, ha...
Ken Kercheval, beleaguered Cliff on 'Dallas,' dies at 83

By LYNN ELBER
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....
'War of the Roses' author Warren Adler dies at 91

The Associated Press
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...
Feder: Jim Dunbar, a WLS original rock jock, dies at 89

By Robert Feder
Apr 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 ...
European Cup-winning Celtic captain Billy McNeill dies at 79

The Associated Press
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...
Henry Bloch, co-founder of tax company H&R Block, dies at 96

The Associated Press
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....
Berlin businesswoman, feted for driving around world, dies

The Associated Press
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...
Paranormal investigator Lorraine Warren dies at 92

The Associated Press
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 ...
Funeral held for widow of 50s rocker Frankie Lymon

The Associated Press
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...
Chet Coppock 1948-2019: In his own words

By Robert Feder
Apr 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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