Obituaries
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Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65
Oct 16, 2018 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation, sp...
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Nevada legal pimp, candidate, star of HBO series found dead
Oct 16, 2018 7:00 am - PAHRUMP, Nev. (AP) - Dennis Hof, a pimp who gained notoriety for an HBO series about his brothel business and who fashioned himself as a Donald Trump-style Republican ca...
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DuPage mourning longtime health board president Linda KurzawaOct 16, 2018 1:00 am - From fighting to get radioactive thorium removed from West Chicago to leading efforts to improve public health services, Linda Kurzawa left an indelible mark on DuPage C...
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Black woman who had trailblazing Navy career dies at 83
Oct 15, 2018 7:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Raye Montague, a trailblazing black woman from Arkansas who revolutionized the way the U.S. Navy designed ships, has died. She was 83. Montague,...
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Microsoft co-founder, philanthropist Paul Allen dies at 65
Oct 15, 2018 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Paul G. Allen, who co-founded Microsoft with his childhood friend Bill Gates before becoming a billionaire philanthropist who invested in conservation, sp...
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Patrick Baumann, rising star in Olympic circles, dies at 51
Oct 14, 2018 7:00 am - BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Patrick Baumann, the secretary general of basketball's world governing body who was seen as a potential IOC president, has died at the You...
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William Coors, former chair of Adolph Coors, dies at 102
Oct 14, 2018 7:00 am - William "Bill" Coors, the former chairman of Adolph Coors Co. and grandson of the brewing company's founder, has died at 102. Molson Coors Brewing Co. said he died Satur...
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Police: Charges could be upgraded after death of Des Plaines manOct 13, 2018 1:00 am - Des Plaines police said Friday they're awaiting autopsy results before deciding whether to upgrade charges against a Lake in the Hills man charged with the attempted mur...
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Pik Botha, apartheid-era South African minister, dies at 86
Oct 12, 2018 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Roelof "Pik" Botha, the last foreign minister of South Africa's apartheid era and a contradictory figure who staunchly defended white minority rule b...
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Olympic speedskating medalist Jeanne Ashworth dies at 80
Oct 11, 2018 7:00 am - WILMINGTON, N.Y. (AP) - Jeanne Ashworth, the first American woman to win an Olympic speedskating medal, has died. She was 80. The website of the Heald Funeral Home in El...