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West Dundee man killed in work accident remembered as role model

By Lauren Rohr
Feb 08, 2017 12:00 am - A week after Don Tentler died in a work accident at the Geneva Commons shopping center, his children are having difficulty processing the reality of what happened. Follo...
Irwin Corey, the king of comedic confusion, dies at 102

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comedian and actor known for his improvisational riffs and nonsensical style who billed himself as "The World's Foremost Aut...
Violinist Asmussen, 1 of Denmark's best known jazzmen, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen, who played with legends Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Toots Thielemans, has died. He wa...
Former New Zealand captain Steve Sumner dies at 61

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Steve Sumner, who captained the New Zealand football team that played at the 1982 World Cup after the longest qualifying campaign in the t...
'Battlestar Galactica' star Richard Hatch dies at 71

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Richard Hatch, perhaps best known for playing Captain Apollo in the original "Battlestar Galactica" film and TV series, has died. He was 71. A r...
Roger Walkowiak, 1956 Tour de France champ, dies at 89

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Roger Walkowiak, who won the 1956 Tour de France against all odds after making the most of a long breakaway, has died at the age of 89. Walkowiak's wife tol...
Ray Christensen, voice of the Gophers, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Ray Christensen, who did play-by-play for the Minnesota Gophers for 50 years, has died at age 92. Christensen's son, Jim, said his father died Sunday ...
Springboks World Cup winner Van der Westhuizen dies at 45

By GERALD IMRAY
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - Joost van der Westhuizen, who won the 1995 World Cup with South Africa as Nelson Mandela looked on, has died after a six-year-battle with motor neuron disease. He was 45...
Former fire chief remembered as Glen Ellyn 'royalty'

By Katlyn Smith
Feb 04, 2017 12:00 am - Village President Alex Demos considered Stuart Stone his mentor and "as close to royalty as Glen Ellyn ever had." But whenever he told him as much, Stone would dismiss s...
Okano, Japan's organizer of 2002 World Cup, dies at 85

The Associated Press
Feb 03, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The soccer official who led Japan's organizing committee of the 2002 World Cup has died. Shun-Ichiro Okano was 85. Japan's soccer federation announced on Fr...

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