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Jazz and pop singer Keely Smith dies of heart failure at 89

The Associated Press
Dec 17, 2017 6:00 am - PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Keely Smith, a pop and jazz singer known for her solo recordings of jazz standards as well as her musical partnership with Louis Prima, has d...
Friends, family mourn loss of Palatine Township farming mainstay

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 16, 2017 12:00 am - Many farmers moved as suburbia closed in but Harold Bergman stayed, leading a simple life on the land where he was born June 1, 1916. He grew hay well into his 90s at th...
Medinah couple married 71 years die within minutes of each other

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 16, 2017 12:00 am - Made for each other. No phrase better describes longtime Medinah residents Bob and Ruth Kretschmer, who died within minutes of each other Friday, five days after they c...
Vincent Nguini, guitarist for Paul Simon, dead at 65

The Associated Press
Dec 15, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Vincent Nguini, a guitarist from Cameroon who worked with Paul Simon since the late 1980s, died last week in Brazil. He was 65. Simon's publicist, Elizab...
Pat DiNizio, lead singer of Smithereens, dead at 62

The Associated Press
Dec 13, 2017 6:00 am - SCOTCH PLAINS, N.J. (AP) - Pat DiNizio, who as lead singer and songwriter for the New Jersey band the Smithereens blended pop, rock and New Wave music for such hits as "...
Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish leader Shteinman dies at 104

By ARON HELLER
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Rabbi Aharon Leib Shteinman, the spiritual leader of Israel's non-Hasidic ultra-Orthodox Jews of European descent and one of the country's most influent...
Former NHL defenseman Zarley Zalapski dead at 49

The Associated Press
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Former NHL defenseman Zarley Zalapski has died at age 49, according to the Calgary Flames. No cause of death was given. Zalapski, a native of Edm...
Ex-US deserter to NKorea who married Japanese abductee dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Charles Jenkins, a U.S. Army deserter to North Korea who married a Japanese abductee and lived in Japan after their release, has died. He was 77. Jenkins wa...
Bruce Brown, whose 'Endless Summer' redefined surfing, dies

By ANDREW DALTON
Dec 12, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary "The Endless Summer" molded the image of the surfer as a seeker of adventure and fulfillment and transform...
Roy Reed, Times reporter who covered civil rights, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 11, 2017 6:00 am - FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (AP) - Roy Reed, who covered key events during the civil rights movement for The New York Times before returning to his native Arkansas to write and t...

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