Obituaries
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Joe Jackson turned his children into stars, but at a price
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Jackson once had his own dreams of success. He tried to be a boxer and then played guitar with a group called The Falcons. But he realized early on t...
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Slavery scholar Willie Lee Rose dead at 91
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - A groundbreaking scholar on slavery and Reconstruction has died. Willie Lee Rose was 91. Rose died in her sleep June 20 at a Baltimore retirement communi...
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Steve Soto, founder of punk stalwarts Adolescents, dies
Jun 28, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Steve Soto, founder of punk rock stalwarts the Adolescents who played in a series of bands during nearly 40 years in the Southern California music sce...
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Joe Jackson, patriarch of musical Jackson family, dies at 89
Jun 27, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Jackson, the fearsome stage dad of Michael Jackson, Janet Jackson and their talented siblings, who took his family from poverty and launched a musica...
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Phil Rodgers, 5-time tour winner and noted teacher, dies
Jun 27, 2018 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Phil Rodgers, a five-time winner on the PGA Tour who became one of golf's top instructors, died after a long battle with leukemia. He was 80. Rodgers di...
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Reaction to death of Jackson family patriarch Joe Jackson
Jun 27, 2018 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of Joseph Jackson, the patriarch of musical Jackson family, who died Wednesday at age 89. ___ "I will always love you! You gave us strength, you ma...
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Dan Ingram, Radio Hall of Fame inductee, dies at 83
Jun 26, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Popular New York radio host Dan Ingram has died at the age of 83. Christopher Ingram says his father died Sunday in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, after choki...
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Longtime Elk Grove Village trustee Michael Tosto diesJun 26, 2018 1:00 am - Michael A. Tosto, a longtime Elk Grove Village trustee, volunteer firefighter and World War II veteran, died Saturday at his home in Elgin. He was 91. Tosto was a truste...
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Longtime Palatine business owner diesJun 26, 2018 1:00 am - Longtime Palatine photography business owner Bob Kramer died Tuesday, according to an announcement from the Palatine Area Chamber of Commerce. Chamber Director Steven Ga...
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'Pawn Stars' Richard Harrison, known as 'The Old Man,' dies
Jun 25, 2018 7:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - "Pawn Stars" patriarch, Richard Benjamin Harrison, who was known as "The Old Man," has died at age 77. Gold & Silver Pawn's Facebook page posted Monday ...