Obituaries
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Special Olympics athlete from Elgin was a fierce competitorOct 27, 2017 1:00 am - Decorated Special Olympics athlete Anne DeDobbelaere was remembered for her fierce competitiveness, work ethic and outgoing personality after her death Tuesday. DeDobbel...
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Fats Domino dies at 89; gave rock music a New Orleans flavor
Oct 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The godfather of rock and roll. A performer who always gave all he had. A man who loved his city and his neighborhood. Tributes to Fats Domino are acc...
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Late Fats Domino mined New Orleans roots in pioneering music
Oct 26, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fats Domino didn't look like a typical teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as flat ...
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Fats Domino dies at 89; gave rock music a New Orleans flavor
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Fats Domino, the amiable rock 'n' roll pioneer whose steady, pounding piano and easy baritone helped change popular music while honoring the tradition...
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Fats Domino stirred New Orleans flavor into rock 'n' roll
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In appearance, Fats Domino wasn't a typical teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as ...
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Reactions to the death of rock pioneer Fats Domino
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reactions to the death of Fats Domino, the rock 'n' roll pioneer who died Tuesday at age 89: "He was one of my greatest inspirations. God was tops - but ...
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Services Thursday for priest who served in Arlington Heights, Mount ProspectOct 25, 2017 1:00 am - The Rev. Joseph A. Pastick, 94, who served parishes in Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove and Mount Prospect and who was remembered as a generous and compassionate ministe...
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Emmy Award-winning "Benson" star Robert Guillaume dies at 89
Oct 24, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sha...
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Commander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies
Oct 24, 2017 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has di...
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Priest at Mount Prospect church dies unexpectedly following surgeryOct 24, 2017 1:00 am - The Rev. Arthur J. Olsen, associate pastor at St. Emily Parish in Mount Prospect from July 2014 to March 2017 when he left to attend to a medical issue, has died unexpec...