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Jazz musician, Nazi camp survivor, Coco Schumann dies at 93

The Associated Press
Jan 29, 2018 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Heinz Jakob "Coco" Schumann, a jazz guitarist who survived Nazi concentration camps to return to his musical career in Berlin after World War II, has died....
One of last Sobibor death camp survivors dies in Ukraine

The Associated Press
Jan 29, 2018 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Arkady Waispapir, one of the last known survivors of the Nazis' Sobibor death camp, has died in Ukraine. He was 96. The Berlin-based Memorial to the Murder...
1977 Indianapolis 500 top rookie Jerry Sneva dead at 69

The Associated Press
Jan 29, 2018 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Jerry Sneva, the 1977 Indianapolis 500 Rookie of the Year, has died. He was 69. Indianapolis Motor Speedway announced Monday that Sneva died Saturday...
Buffalo Grove mourning loss of veteran firefighter

By Charles Keeshan
Jan 29, 2018 12:00 am - The village of Buffalo Grove is mourning the loss of veteran firefighter/paramedic Kevin Hauber, who bravely fought colon cancer for four years before succumbing to the ...
The Latest: IKEA founder praised for taking Sweden to world

The Associated Press
Jan 28, 2018 6:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - The Latest on the death of IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad (all times local): 3:55 p.m. Sweden's royal house, politicians and business leaders are praising ...
Ingvar Kamprad, who founded furniture giant IKEA, dies at 91

By KARL RITTER
Jan 28, 2018 6:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad, who turned a small-scale mail order business started on his family's farm into a furniture empire by letting customers piec...
'Beetle Bailey' cartoonist Mort Walker dies at 94

By LYNN ELBER
Jan 27, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Comic strip artist Mort Walker, a World War II veteran who satirized the Army and tickled millions of newspaper readers with the antics of the lazy pr...
Jack Shales, longtime Elgin community fundraiser, dies

By Susan Sarkauskas
Jan 27, 2018 12:00 am - The Elgin community is mourning the death of Jack Shales, a longtime leader who believed we are brought in to this world to aid other people. "You always have time to he...
York High School celebrates the life of legendary coach Joe Newton

By Robert Sanchez
Jan 27, 2018 12:00 am - Legendary York High School coach Joe Newton was someone the entire community respected and admired, school officials say. On Saturday afternoon, it seemed like the entir...
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...

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