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Retired Daily Herald sports reporter, community columnist Reggie Gorski dies at 82

By Eric Peterson
Oct 27, 2022 1:00 am - Reggie Gorski, who covered sports and wrote a community column for the Daily Herald over a career that spanned three decades, died last week at the age of 82. Gorski beg...
Thomas Cahill, popular history writer, dead at 82

The Associated Press
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Thomas Cahill, a scholar of ancient languages and belief systems with a knack for popular storytelling who engaged history readers with such bestsellers ...
French iconic painter of black Pierre Soulages dead at 102

By THOMAS ADAMSON
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French painter Pierre Soulages, an icon of post-World War II European abstract art famed for his use of black, has died, according to the Soulages Museum in...
Mike Birch, inaugural winner of Route du Rhum, dies at 90

The Associated Press
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - SAINT-MALO, France (AP) - Canadian skipper Mike Birch, who won the Route du Rhum solo trans-Atlantic race by 98 seconds, has died, the event's organizers said Wednesday....
'Marxist environmentalist' and author Mike Davis dies at 76

The Associated Press
Oct 26, 2022 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Mike Davis, an author, activist and self-defined 'œMarxist environmentalist'ť whose greatest fears drove him to anticipate riots, fires and disease in s...
Ash Carter, defense chief who opened combat to women, dies

By TARA COPP
Oct 25, 2022 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Former Defense Secretary Ash Carter, who opened combat jobs to women and ended a ban on transgender people serving in the military, has died at age 68....
Leslie Jordan, versatile Emmy-winning actor, dies at 67

By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY
Oct 24, 2022 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leslie Jordan, the actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including 'œWill & Grace'ť and 'œA...
Liverpool Philharmonic conductor Libor PeÅ¡ek dies at 89

The Associated Press
Oct 24, 2022 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Libor PeÅ¡ek, a Czech classical music conductor best-known for leading the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic for a decade, has died. He was 89. PeÅ¡ek died on S...
Leslie Jordan, versatile Emmy-winning actor, dies at 67

By LYNN ELBER and MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writers
Oct 24, 2022 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Leslie Jordan, the Emmy-winning actor whose wry Southern drawl and versatility made him a comedy and drama standout on TV series including "Will & Grace" a...
'All of them loved Bob': Mount Prospect man protected presidents, governors, celebrities

By Steve Zalusky
Oct 23, 2022 1:00 am - Bob Fisher protected presidents, governors and celebrities. He went on a double date with Hillary Rodham, later protected her husband, guarded Muhammed Ali and even play...

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