Obituaries
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Hoffman Estates mourns passionate historian, retired teacherJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - Marilyn Lind, a dedicated volunteer and passionate Hoffman Estates historian, died Saturday at the age of 86. Pat Barch, who's long held the mantle of village historian ...
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Lessie Brown, oldest person in the US, dies at 114
Jan 08, 2019 6:00 am - Lessie Brown, a 114-year-old Ohio woman who was believed to be the oldest person in the United States, died Tuesday, her grandson said. Brown, who had been living with o...
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Olympic water polo champion Antal Bolvari dies at 86
Jan 08, 2019 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Antal Bolvari, a two-time Olympic water polo champion who scored a goal in Hungary's famous 4-0 win over the Soviet Union in the "Blood in the W...
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Moshe Arens, former Israeli defense minister, dies at 93
Jan 07, 2019 6:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Moshe Arens, a former Israeli defense minister, foreign minister and an early political mentor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, died Monday. He was...
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Kwamie Lassiter, former Cardinals safety, dead at 49
Jan 06, 2019 6:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Kwamie Lassiter, the former Arizona safety who had four interceptions in the Cardinals' season-ending victory that clinched a playoff berth in 1998, died ...
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Romanian engineer who saved churches from destruction dies
Jan 06, 2019 6:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Eugeniu Iordachescu, a Romanian civil engineer who devised an ingenious way to save 12 churches and many other historic buildings from being de...
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Former Defense Secretary Harold Brown dies at 91
Jan 06, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Harold Brown, who as defense secretary in the Carter administration championed cutting-edge fighting technology during a tenure that included the faile...
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Ex-Cuban vice president, Bay of Pigs commander, dies at 95
Jan 06, 2019 6:00 am - HAVANA (AP) - Jose Ramon Fernandez, a retired Cuban brigadier general who was key in forming the communist country's new army and commanded Cuban defenses at the Bay of ...
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Dragoslav Sekularac, Red Star 'King of dribble,' dies at 81
Jan 05, 2019 6:00 am - BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) - Dragoslav Sekularac, an attacking midfielder known to Red Star Belgrade soccer fans as the "King of dribble," has died. He was 81. Red Star said ...
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Kentucky rebounding leader Bob Burrow dies at age 84
Jan 04, 2019 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Bob Burrow, a two-time All-American whose per-game average of 17.7 rebounds remains a Kentucky single-season record, has died. The school made the ...