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Former DuPage GOP chairwoman remembered as 'trailblazer'

By Katlyn Smith
Mar 06, 2019 12:00 am - Longtime DuPage County Republican Chairwoman Barbara Murphy may not have considered herself a trailblazer, even if her contemporaries did. Her obituary notes Murphy alwa...
Former Itasca Mayor Shirley Ketter dies at 90

Daily Herald report
Mar 06, 2019 12:00 am - Former Itasca Mayor Shirley Ketter, who was the first woman elected to the village board, died Tuesday afternoon. She was 90. Ketter was elected as a trustee to the Itas...
'Brilliant' man who was an inventor of the calculator dies

By JAMIE STENGLE
Mar 05, 2019 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Jerry Merryman, one of the inventors of the hand-held electronic calculator who is described by those who knew him as not only brilliant but also kind with...
Former German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel dies at 82

The Associated Press
Mar 05, 2019 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Klaus Kinkel, Germany's foreign minister from 1992 to 1998 and a former head of the country's foreign intelligence agency, has died. He was 82. Kinkel's Fr...
Professional wrestler King Kong Bundy dies at age 61

The Associated Press
Mar 05, 2019 6:00 am - GLASSBORO, N.J. (AP) - King Kong Bundy, the 6-foot-4 (193-centimeter) professional wrestler best known for facing Hulk Hogan in WrestleMania 2, has died. He was 61. Bund...
Legendary Napa Valley vintner John Shafer dies at 94

By JANIE HAR
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Legendary Northern California vintner John Shafer, who was part of a generation that helped elevate sleepy Napa Valley into the international wine p...
Luke Perry, heartthrob on '90210,' dies at 52 after stroke

By LYNN ELBER
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Luke Perry, who gained instant heartthrob status as wealthy rebel Dylan McKay on "Beverly Hills, 90210," died Monday after suffering a massive stroke,...
Keith Flint, singer of electronic band The Prodigy, dies

By DANICA KIRKA
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Keith Flint, the fiery frontman of British dance-electronic band The Prodigy, was found dead Monday at his home near London, the band said. He was 49. Prod...
Ziering, Ringwald and Whedon react to death of Luke Perry

By The Associated Press
Mar 04, 2019 6:00 am - Reaction to the death of Luke Perry , whose credits included "Beverly Hills, 90210," ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and "Riverdale." - "Luke Perry was a kindhearted and inc...
Pritzker Prize, Irish-born architect Kevin Roche dies

The Associated Press
Mar 03, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The acclaimed Irish-born architect Kevin Roche has died, leaving his mark on world-class buildings from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the cit...

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