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Detroit Tigers, Red Wings owner Mike Ilitch dies at age 87

By COREY WILLIAMS and NOAH TRISTER
Feb 10, 2017 6:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Billionaire businessman Mike Ilitch, who founded the Little Caesars pizza empire before buying the Detroit Red Wings and the Detroit Tigers, and won prais...
Barbara Gelb, Eugene O'Neill biographer, dead at 91

The Associated Press
Feb 09, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Gelb, an author and journalist who with her husband Arthur Gelb collaborated on three extensive books about playwright Eugene O'Neill, has died. ...
Oldest American, Adele Dunlap, dies at age 114

The Associated Press
Feb 09, 2017 6:00 am - FLEMINGTON, N.J. (AP) - Adele Dunlap, the oldest person in America, has died at age 114. Dunlap died Sunday at a hospital near Flemington, according to the Martin Funera...
Peter Mansfield, Nobel winner for work on MRI, dies at 83

The Associated Press
Feb 09, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Physicist Peter Mansfield, who won the Nobel Prize for helping to invent MRI scanners, has died at the age of 83. The University of Nottingham released a s...
Packy, Oregon's beloved elephant, dies at 54

By STEVEN DUBOIS
Feb 09, 2017 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Packy, the Asian elephant who drew international attention when he was born, including an 11-page spread in Life magazine, died Thursday at the Ore...
Former longtime Des Plaines alderman Kisslinger dies, family says

By Chacour Koop
Feb 09, 2017 12:00 am - Dan Kisslinger, a longtime Des Plaines alderman, died Jan. 28 in Columbus, Ohio, family members said. He was 92. Kisslinger served as 4th Ward alderman during three deca...
Alan Simpson, writer of classic British sitcoms, dies at 87

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Screenwriter Alan Simpson, who co-wrote the landmark British comedy series "Hancock's Half Hour" and "Steptoe and Son," has died at age 87. Simpson's agent...
Alec McCowen, a West End and Broadway star, dies at 91

By JILL LAWLESS
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Alec McCowen, a West End and Broadway star who had global success with a one-man show about the life of Jesus, has died. He was 91. The actor's nephew, the...
Swede who made numbers and facts entertaining dies at 68

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Swedish foundation says Hans Rosling, a global health professor known for his ability to make numbers and facts entertaining, has died. He w...
British socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson found dead, aged 45

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, former party girl and a god-daughter of Prince Charles, was found dead at her London home on Wednesday. She was 45. The prince said ...

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