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Francine Wilson, subject of major spousal abuse case, dies

By COREY WILLIAMS
Mar 31, 2017 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Francine Wilson, whose trial for killing her abusive husband became a landmark spousal abuse case and the subject of the 1984 TV movie "The Burning Bed," ...
Elgin woman remembered for lifelong passion for teaching

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Mar 31, 2017 1:00 am - Former Elgin schoolteacher Kathleen Ann Turnquist, a lifelong advocate for students with developmental disabilities, died Tuesday after a six-month battle with cancer. T...
Stand up to Cancer co-founder Noreen Fraser dies at 63

The Associated Press
Mar 30, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Noreen Fraser, a TV producer whose own cancer diagnosis turned her into an activist against the disease, has died. She was 63. Fraser died Monday at h...
Trainer and Monmouth Park official Daniel Dufford dies

The Associated Press
Mar 29, 2017 7:00 am - OCEANPORT, N.J. (AP) - Thoroughbred trainer and Monmouth Park racing official Daniel Dufford has died. The racetrack announced his death Wednesday, a day after Dufford d...
Duke, who drove expansion of NCAA Tournament, dies at 88

By JIM O'CONNELL
Mar 29, 2017 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Wayne Duke, who was a driving force behind the expansion of the NCAA men's basketball tournament during his 18 years as commissioner of the Big Ten, has d...
Darlene Cates, the mother in 'Gilbert Grape,' dies at 69

The Associated Press
Mar 28, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - ˆ Darlene Cates, who played the housebound mother in the 1993 film "What's Eating Gilbert Grape," has died. Cates died in her sleep Sunday morning at he...
South African anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada dies, 87

By STUART GRAHAM
Mar 28, 2017 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Anti-apartheid leader Ahmed Kathrada, who spent 26 years in prison for opposing South Africa's white minority government - much of that time alongsid...
Golden Globe winner Christine Kaufmann dies in Germany

The Associated Press
Mar 28, 2017 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Christine Kaufmann, an Austrian-born actor who became the country's first Golden Globe winner and was married to Tony Curtis in the 1960s, has died. She wa...
Convenience store magnate, governor candidate Mihos dies

The Associated Press
Mar 28, 2017 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Convenience store magnate Christy Mihos, who built and sold a chain of markets bearing his name, twice ran unsuccessfully for governor and endured a nasty ...
Olympic shot putter from Elgin dies at 71

By Elena Ferrarin
Mar 27, 2017 1:00 am - Brian Oldfield, an Olympic shot putter in the 1970s and '80s who appeared on "The Tonight Show" and the cover of "Sports Illustrated," died Sunday in his native Elgin. C...

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