Obituaries
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NASA's Bradford Smith, tour guide for Voyager missions, dies
Jul 07, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bradford Smith, a NASA astronomer who acted as planetary tour guide to the public with his interpretations of stunning images beamed back from Voyager mi...
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Buffalo Grove High alum who died in Grand Canyon was on verge of attaining dreamJul 07, 2018 1:00 am - A colleague at Highland Park Hospital remembered 24-year-old Andrey Privin, who died Tuesday after a 500-foot fall at the Grand Canyon, as a young man with an infectious...
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Cardinal Tauran, who announced pope's election, dies at 75
Jul 06, 2018 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican diplomat and expert in interfaith relations who announced the election of Pope Francis to the world in 2013 w...
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Steve Ditko, Spider-Man co-creator, dies at age 90
Jul 06, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Ditko, the Marvel Comics artist who gave the world the woven webs and soaring red-and-blue shape of Spider-Man and the other-worldly shimmer of Doc...
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Claude Lanzmann, director of 'Shoah,' dies at age 92
Jul 05, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French director Claude Lanzmann, whose 9ˆ½-hour masterpiece "Shoah" bore unflinching witness to the Holocaust through the testimonies of Jewish victims, Ger...
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Radio and television personality Ed Schultz dies at 64
Jul 05, 2018 7:00 am - FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Veteran broadcasting personality Ed Schultz, whose career took him from quarterbacking at a Minnesota college to national radio and television, includ...
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Motorsports matriarch Dee Ann Andretti dies at 76
Jul 04, 2018 7:00 am - Dee Ann Andretti, the wife of famed driver Mario Andretti and matriarch of one of the most prominent families in motorsports, has died. She was 76. Andretti died Tuesday...
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Producer, musician Richard Swift of The Shins dies at age 41
Jul 03, 2018 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Musician, singer-songwriter and producer Richard Swift, who has been in bands such as The Shins, The Arcs and The Black Keys, has died. He was 41...
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Alan Diaz, AP photographer behind Elian image, dies at 71
Jul 03, 2018 7:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Retired Associated Press photojournalist Alan Diaz , whose photo of a terrified 6-year-old Cuban boy named Elian Gonzalez earned him the Pulitzer Prize, has...
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AP college basketball writer Jim O'Connell dead at age 64
Jul 02, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Few held court like Jim O'Connell. Whether you were Coach K, a TV analyst, a fellow sports writer or a fan, he had the same effect on everyone: In just a...