Obituaries
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Woman who created green bean casserole dies at 92
Oct 24, 2018 7:00 am - HADDONFIELD, N.J. (AP) - The woman who created a Thanksgiving staple enjoyed by millions - the green bean casserole - has died at age 92. Dorcas Reilly died on Oct. 15 o...
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Former NFL, CFL, college coach Rod Rust dies at age 90
Oct 24, 2018 7:00 am - OCEAN CITY, N.J. (AP) - Rod Rust, who coached Hall of Fame defensive lineman "Mean" Joe Greene at North Texas and later served as defensive coordinator for the New Engla...
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Dorcas Reilly, inventor of the green bean casserole, has died at 92
Oct 24, 2018 1:00 am - It started with a call from The Associated Press and a question: What's a good recipe for a vegetable side dish that features common pantry products? In 1955, the AP, li...
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Norwegian hero Roenneberg who blew up Nazi plant dies at 99
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Norway on Monday mourned World War II saboteur Joachim Roenneberg, who headed a five-man team that daringly blew up a plant producing heavy wa...
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Japanese Nobel chemistry laureate Shimomura dies at 90
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Japanese-born Marine biologist Osamu Shimomura, who won the Nobel Prize in chemistry, has died. He was 90. His alma mater Nagasaki University said Monday th...
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Medtronic co-founder who created wearable pacemaker dies
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Earl Bakken, an electronics repairman who created the first wearable external pacemaker and co-founded one of the world's largest medical device compa...
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Gilberto Benetton, a founder of fashion brand, dies at 77
Oct 22, 2018 7:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Gilberto Benetton, one of the four founding siblings of the iconic Benetton fashion brand known as much for its provocative ad campaigns as its colorful kni...
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Charles Wang, former New York Islanders owner, dies at 74
Oct 21, 2018 7:00 am - OYSTER BAY, N.Y. (AP) - Charles Wang, a technology company founder and former owner of the New York Islanders hockey team, died Sunday. He was 74. Wang died of lung canc...
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Richard Violette Jr., horse trainer and advocate, dies at 65
Oct 21, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Richard Violette Jr., a thoroughbred trainer who advocated tirelessly on behalf of racetrack backstretch workers and improved care for retired racehorses...
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Arlington Heights neighbors rally around couple whose son died in accidentOct 21, 2018 1:00 am - Neighbors of an Arlington Heights couple whose 31-year-old son died suddenly from an electric shock while working in the family's garage last Sunday are tying white ribb...