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The Latest: EU lauds Hallyday as cultural bridge builder

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the death of rock icon Johnny Hallyday (all times local): 12:40 p.m. A senior European Union official has lauded Johnny Hallyday as a cultural...
Rock icon Johnny Hallyday, known as French Elvis, dies at 74

By ELAINE GANLEY and ANGELA CHARLTON
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Johnny Hallyday, France's biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his...
Leader, servant of Bartlett, Hanover Twp. Bill Tiknis remembered

By Eric Peterson
Dec 06, 2017 12:00 am - The village of Bartlett and Hanover Township are remembering the late Bill Tiknis and the many contributions he made to the community as both leader and servant. The for...
Romania's ex-king Michael, who ruled during WWII, dies at 96

By ALISON MUTLER
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Former Romanian King Michael I, who was forced to abdicate by the communists in the aftermath of World War II, died on Tuesday. He was 96. Mich...
Rock icon Johnny Hallyday, known as French Elvis, dies at 74

By ELAINE GANLEY and ANGELA CHARLTON
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Johnny Hallyday, France's biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his...
Model in Britain's sex-and-spy Profumo scandal dies at 75

By GREGORY KATZ and JILL LAWLESS
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Christine Keeler, the central figure in the sex-and-espionage Profumo scandal that rocked Cold War Britain, has died at 75. Her son, Seymour Platt, posted ...
Ex-Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president, dies

By SARA BURNETT
Dec 04, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former longtime Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has died at age 95. The World War II veteran and former pros...
Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor dies at age 79

The Associated Press
Dec 04, 2017 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Shashi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actor and producer from the 1970s and '80s, has died after a long illness. He was 79. A family member, Randhir Kapoor...
Yemen's Saleh ruled by shifting alliances as nation crumbled

By AHMED AL-HAJ
Dec 04, 2017 6:00 am - SANAA, Yemen (AP) - Ali Abdullah Saleh survived for decades as Yemen's strongman, the master of shifting alliances, playing both sides - or flipping sides freely - in th...
Member of group behind "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" dies

The Associated Press
Dec 03, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Mitch Margo, a member of the group behind the hit song "The Lion Sleeps Tonight" in the early 1960s, has died at his California home. He was 70. His f...

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