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Burt Reynolds, star of film, TV and tabloids, dead at 82

By JOHN ROGERS
Sep 06, 2018 7:00 am - Burt Reynolds, the handsome film and television star known for his acclaimed performances in "Deliverance" and "Boogie Nights," commercial hits such as "Smokey and the B...
Amway founder and Magic owner Richard DeVos dies at age 92

By COREY WILLIAMS
Sep 06, 2018 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Billionaire Richard DeVos, co-founder of direct-selling giant Amway, owner of the Orlando Magic and father-in-law of Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, died...
The Latest: Amway founder Richard DeVos dies at age 92

The Associated Press
Sep 06, 2018 7:00 am - ADA, Mich. (AP) - The Latest on the death of Amway co-founder and Orlando Magic owner Richard DeVos (all times local): 5 p.m. Former President George W. Bush says he and...
Former world half marathon champion Paul Koech dies at 49

The Associated Press
Sep 05, 2018 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Paul Koech, a former world half marathon champion and long-time teammate of Kenyan great Paul Tergat, has died. He was 49. The Kenyan track and fie...
Author, actor, Kennedy scion Christopher Lawford dead at 63

By MICHELLE R. SMITH and ANDREW DALTON
Sep 05, 2018 7:00 am - PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - Author and actor Christopher Kennedy Lawford, who was born into political and Hollywood royalty, sank into substance abuse and addiction and rose...
BBC journalist dies of cancer several days after statement

The Associated Press
Sep 05, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Rachael Bland, a BBC radio journalist, has died of breast cancer several days after she announced on social media that her death was near. She was 40. Blan...
5-time Olympian Dennis Green dies at 87

The Associated Press
Sep 05, 2018 7:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Dennis Green, who was the first Australian to compete at five Olympic Games, has died. He was 87. Australian canoeing's governing says Green died at his ho...
Acclaimed suburban theater director, teacher dies at 81

Daily Herald report
Sep 05, 2018 1:00 am - John K. Marquette, an acclaimed suburban theater director and longtime teacher in Northwest Suburban High School District 214, is being remembered for living a life full...
Death of Afghan group's founder unlikely to weaken militants

By KATHY GANNON
Sep 04, 2018 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - The death of Jalaluddin Haqqani, the founder of Afghanistan's outlawed militant network that bears his name, is unlikely to weaken the group that is con...
Mundelein museum curator Dottie Watson remembered for her love of history and patriotism

By Russell Lissau
Sep 01, 2018 1:00 am - Longtime Mundelein resident Dorothy "Dottie" Watson is being remembered for her love of history and her patriotic spirit. The curator and president of Mundelein's Fort H...

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