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Nepal mountaineering record keeper Hawley dies at age 94

The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Elizabeth Hawley, an American journalist who kept records of mountaineers on Nepal's highest peaks, died Friday. She was 94. Hawley had been livi...
Dead Poets Society founder dies after ordering tombstone

The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - ELKINS PARK, Pa. (AP) - The founder of the Dead Poets Society of America suffered a fatal heart attack little more than a month after commissioning his own tombstone. Wa...
Romanian historian Neagu Djuvara dead at 101

The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Neagu Djuvara, Romania's best-known historian who spent decades in exile before returning home when communism ended, has died. He was 101. Phil...
Food bank leader — mother of Sean Hayes — recalled for her dedication

By Marie Wilson
Jan 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...
Pianist entertained diners for 30 years in Arlington Heights

By Christopher Placek
Jan 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 ...
Emmy-winning 'Roots' star Olivia Cole dies in Mexico at 75

By LYNN ELBER
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...
Actor Simon Barnes, Tinky Winky in 'Teletubbies', dies at 52

The Associated Press
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 ...
Wrongfully convicted man dies 10 years after prison release

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
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...
Retired Indianapolis Archbishop Buechlein dies at 79

By TOM DAVIES
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...
Legendary skiing filmmaker Warren Miller dies at age 93

By PHUONG LE
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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