Obituaries
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Food bank leader — mother of Sean Hayes — recalled for her dedicationJan 26, 2018 12:00 am - There's an image of Mary Hayes of Glen Ellyn driving around the suburbs in her white Nissan in the summer of 1999, trunk full of coolers, delivering sandwiches, milk and...
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Pianist entertained diners for 30 years in Arlington HeightsJan 26, 2018 12:00 am - For some three decades, the sound of Bob Mansfield's piano serenaded diners at the Palm Court restaurant in Arlington Heights. From Beethoven to Pink Floyd, Gershwin to ...
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Emmy-winning 'Roots' star Olivia Cole dies in Mexico at 75
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Olivia Cole, who won an Emmy Award for her portrayal of Matilda, wife to Chicken George in the landmark miniseries "Roots," has died, a burial associa...
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Actor Simon Barnes, Tinky Winky in 'Teletubbies', dies at 52
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British actor Simon Shelton Barnes, who played Tinky Winky in the children's television series "Teletubbies," has died. He was 52. The Liverpool Coroner's ...
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Wrongfully convicted man dies 10 years after prison release
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man who spent 16 years in prison for crimes he didn't commit has died after an extended illness, a decade after being released. Levon...
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Retired Indianapolis Archbishop Buechlein dies at 79
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Archbishop Daniel Buechlein, who led the Indianapolis Roman Catholic Archdiocese for 19 years before a stroke forced his retirement in 2011, has died...
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Legendary skiing filmmaker Warren Miller dies at age 93
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Warren Miller, the legendary outdoor filmmaker who for decades made homages to downhill skiing that he narrated with his own humorous style, has died. He ...
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John Sherrill Houser, creator of divisive Onate statue, dies
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - John Sherrill Houser, a sculptor whose work includes a statue depicting conquistador Don Juan de Onate in El Paso, Texas, that divided residents...
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Mark E Smith, founder of post-punk band The Fall, dies at 60
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Mark E. Smith, lead singer and driving force of British post-punk band The Fall, died Wednesday. He was 60. The Fall manager and Smith's partner Pam Vander...
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Ursula K. Le Guin, best-selling science fiction author, dies
Jan 24, 2018 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Ursula K. Le Guin, the award-winning science fiction and fantasy writer who explored feminist themes and was best known for her Earthsea books, has...