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Nathaniel Taylor, who played Rollo on 'Sanford and Son' dies

By MARTHA IRVINE
Mar 02, 2019 6:00 am - Nathaniel Taylor, the actor best known as Rollo Lawson, the street-smart best friend of the son on the 1970s sitcom "Sanford and Son," has died. Taylor died Wednesday at...
Russian Nobel winner Alferov dies at 88

The Associated Press
Mar 02, 2019 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Zhores Alferov, a Russian physicist and Nobel Prize laureate, has died. He was 88. His death was announced Saturday by the State Duma, the lower house of t...
Panamanian world champion boxer Eusebio Pedroza dead at 62

The Associated Press
Mar 01, 2019 6:00 am - PANAMA CITY (AP) - Former world champion Panamanian boxer Eusebio Pedroza, who defended the featherweight title more times than any other, has died at age 62. The World ...
'Who's the Boss?' and 'Soap' actress Katherine Helmond dies

By ANDREW DALTON
Mar 01, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actress Katherine Helmond, an Emmy-nominated and Golden Globe-winning actress who played two very different matriarchs on the ABC sitcoms "Who's the B...
Charles McCarry, prescient spy novelist, dead at 88

By HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 01, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Charles McCarry, an admired and prescient spy novelist who foresaw passenger jets as terrorist weapons in "The Better Angels" and devised a compelling th...
Mennonite pastor who launched Schaumburg, Lombard churches dies at age 88

By Eileen O. Daday
Mar 01, 2019 12:00 am - When a dairy farm on Roselle Road in Schaumburg went up for sale around 2000, the Rev. Leroy Kennel saw opportunity. Following his vision, his Mennonite congregation pur...
Blanca Jarrin, wife of Hall of Fame broadcaster, dies at 85

The Associated Press
Feb 28, 2019 6:00 am - GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Blanca Jarrin, wife of Hall of Fame Los Angeles Dodgers Spanish-language broadcaster Jaime Jarrin, has died. She was 85. The Dodgers say she had a...
Fabien Clain, jihadists' voice in 2015 Paris attacks, killed

By LORI HINNANT
Feb 28, 2019 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Fabien Clain was the voice of Islamic State for his home country of France - and above all for its capital city, terrorized by squads of extremists who blew...
Edward Nixon, brother of President Richard Nixon, dies at 88

By MICHAEL R. BLOOD
Feb 28, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Edward Nixon, the youngest brother of former President Richard Nixon who staunchly defended his sibling's White House legacy, died Wednesday. He was 8...
Andre Previn, Oscar-winning composer, has died at 89

By LINDSEY BAHR
Feb 28, 2019 6:00 am - Andre Previn, the pianist, composer and conductor whose broad reach took in the worlds of Hollywood, jazz and classical music, always rejecting suggestions that his bop ...

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