Obituaries
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Cregier remembered as hall of fame coach, family manAug 27, 2017 1:00 am - The suburban prep basketball world is mourning the loss of Ron Cregier, whose 42-year coaching career featured stops at St. Viator, Schaumburg and Fremd high schools bef...
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Lew Ferguson, esteemed AP Kansas political reporter, dies
Aug 25, 2017 7:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Lew Ferguson, who mentored dozens of other journalists during a long career with The Associated Press that included nearly three decades covering Kan...
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Cecil Andrus, logger who rose to Idaho governor, dies at 85
Aug 25, 2017 7:00 am - BOISE, Idaho (AP) - Cecil D. Andrus managed huge swaths of public land as a cabinet member in President Jimmy Carter's administration and was the longest-serving governo...
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'Cheers' actor, radio host Jay Thomas dies at 69
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jay Thomas, a radio talk show host and actor with recurring roles on the sitcoms "Murphy Brown" and "Cheers," has died, his publicist said. Thomas was...
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Philadelphia Eagles fan gets last laugh with obituary
Aug 24, 2017 7:00 am - PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (AP) - A New Jersey man took a parting shot at the Philadelphia Eagles in his obituary. Jeffrey Riegel, 56, died last Friday. Before his death, the P...
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Former MLB GM Klein dies after heart surgery complications
Aug 23, 2017 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joe Klein, who was a general manager for three Major League Baseball teams before spending the last two decades as executive director of the independ...
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longtime Stanford sports announcer Bob Murphy dies
Aug 23, 2017 7:00 am - SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) - Bob Murphy, the longtime voice of Stanford University sports who brought a folksy sense of community to his commentary for more than four decad...
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British science fiction writer Brian Aldiss dies at 92
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Brian Aldiss, one of the most prolific and influential science fiction writers of the 20th century, has died aged 92. Literary agency Curtis Brown said Ald...
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Thomas Meehan, Tony-winning story writer of 'Annie,' dies
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three-time Tony Award-winning book writer Thomas Meehan, best known for transforming the Little Orphan Annie cartoon strip into the smash Broadway musica...
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Tony de Brum, global voice for fighting climate change, dies
Aug 22, 2017 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Tony de Brum saw the effects of rising seas from his home in the Marshall Islands and became a leading advocate for the landmark Paris Agr...