Obituaries
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'Project Runway' fashion designer Mychael Knight dies
Oct 17, 2017 7:00 am - Georgia fashion designer Mychael Knight, who was a finalist on the popular TV competition show "Project Runway," died Tuesday at age 39. Knight died outside Atlanta surr...
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Veteran British actor Roy Dotrice dies aged 94
Oct 16, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Roy Dotrice, a veteran British actor, died at his London home on Monday. He was 94. Dotrice was known for his role as Leopold Mozart in the Oscar-winning f...
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Carpentersville Trustee Schultz dies at 61Oct 16, 2017 1:00 am - In the years since Trustee Pat Schultz started becoming involved in Carpentersville, former Village President Ed Ritter says she began almost every thought with one key ...
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Richard Wilbur, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 96
Oct 15, 2017 7:00 am - Richard Wilbur, the Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and translator who intrigued and delighted generations of readers and theatergoers through his rhyming editions of Molier...
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Former White Sox pitcher Daniel Webb dies at 28 in ATV crash
Oct 15, 2017 7:00 am - WAVERLY, Tenn. (AP) - Daniel Webb, a former relief pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, has died in an ATV accident. He was 28. Humphreys County Sheriff Chris Davis says W...
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Milwaukee speedskating coach, Robert Fenn, dies at 73
Oct 12, 2017 7:00 am - WAUKESHA, Wis. (AP) - Robert Fenn, a Milwaukee-based speedskating coach who mentored two-time Olympic gold medalist Shani Davis, has died. He was 73. A funeral notice fr...
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Bob Schiller, veteran 'I Love Lucy' writer, dies at 98
Oct 10, 2017 7:00 am - Bob Schiller, a comedy writer whose credits reach back to TV's infancy, including "I Love Lucy," and later, "Maude," ''All in the Family" and "The Carol Burnett Show," h...
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Former Mount Prospect pastor left a lasting impression on his flockOct 10, 2017 1:00 am - Kris Zeile remembers her father, the Rev. Erhard Adolph (John) Zeile, as a shepherd of people. "He loved visiting people in hospitals. It wasn't like he went in and thre...
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Jimmy Beaumont, co-writer of 'Since I Don't Have You,' dies
Oct 09, 2017 7:00 am - MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) - Jimmy Beaumont, the lead singer of the doo-wop group the Skyliners and a co-writer of the iconic ballad "Since I Don't Have You," has died at age ...
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French actor Jean Rochefort dies at 87
Oct 09, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French actor Jean Rochefort, who starred in more than 100 movies over a half-century and was much loved by the French public, has died. He was 87. French cu...