Obituaries
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Bensenville mourns longtime community leader, activistJan 17, 2018 12:00 am - The Bensenville community is mourning the loss of one of its most active residents. Oronzo Peconio, 67, the president of the Fenton High School District 100 school board...
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Shanahan, Blues owner who brought in Brett Hull, dead at 78
Jan 16, 2018 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - Mike Shanahan, who owned the St. Louis Blues from 1986-91 and oversaw the acquisition of Hall of Famer Brett Hull, has died. He was 78. Blues Chairman T...
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Gospel star Edwin Hawkins, known for 'Oh Happy Day,' dies
Jan 15, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Edwin Hawkins, the gospel star best known for the crossover hit "Oh Happy Day" and as a major force for contemporary inspirational music, died Monday at ...
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Pioneering black footballer Regis, who defied racists, dies
Jan 15, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Cyrille Regis, a pioneer for black soccer players in England who endured racist abuse while forging a career with West Bromwich Albion and defied threats o...
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Dolores O'Riordan, voice of The Cranberries, dies at 46
Jan 15, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a Lon...
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Zion veteran who survived Pearl Harbor dies at 97Jan 15, 2018 12:00 am - The living history of Pearl Harbor survivors in northern Illinois has ended with the death of 97-year-old Zion resident and Navy veteran Joe Triolo. Triolo spoke to recr...
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Cranberries singer Dolores O'Riordan dies suddenly at 46
Jan 15, 2018 12:00 am - LONDON - Dolores O'Riordan, whose urgent, powerful voice helped make Irish rock band The Cranberries a global success in the 1990s, died suddenly on Monday at a London h...
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Racing pioneer Dan Gurney dead from pneumonia complications
Jan 14, 2018 6:00 am - NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Dan Gurney, the first driver with victories in each of the Formula One, IndyCar and NASCAR Cup series, died Sunday from complications of pne...
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Julio Rocha, jailed former Nicaragua soccer boss, dies at 67
Jan 13, 2018 6:00 am - MANAGUA, Nicaragua (AP) - Julio Rocha, the former Nicaraguan Football Federation president convicted in the United States in a corruption scandal at FIFA, died on Saturd...
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'Mississippi Burning' KKK leader Killen dies in prison at 92
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, ...