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Grayslake North mourns loss of freshman cheerleader

By Mick Zawislak
Jan 06, 2017 12:00 am - Students and staff members at Grayslake North High School are mourning the loss of freshman cheerleader Alyssa Wood, who was known for a never-quit attitude. A moment of...
Rafiq Sebaie, iconic Syria actor loved by masses, dies at 86

The Associated Press
Jan 05, 2017 6:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Syrian film, television, and theater pioneer Rafiq Sebaie - best known to audiences as Abu Sayyah after one of his long-standing roles - has died at the ag...
Georges Pretre, conductor in NY, Vienna, Milan, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Jan 05, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Georges Pretre, who conducted renowned orchestras from Vienna to Milan and New York and beyond and was instrumental in Maria Callas' singing career, has die...
Former Fed board member J. Dewey Daane has died

By MARTIN CRUTSINGER
Jan 04, 2017 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - J. Dewey Daane, a noted expert on monetary policy who was nominated to serve on the Federal Reserve board by President John F. Kennedy, has died. He wa...
Correction: Bishop Thomas Dupre stories

The Associated Press
Jan 04, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - In stories on Nov. 24, 2014; Dec. 1, 2014; and Jan. 2, 2017, about former Bishop Thomas Dupre, The Associated Press reported erroneously that h...
George Kosana, sheriff in 'Night of the Living Dead,' dies

By ERRIN HAINES WHACK
Jan 03, 2017 6:00 am - George Kosana, who played the beefy Sheriff McClelland in the 1968 cult zombie film, "Night of the Living Dead," has died. He was 81. Longtime friend John Russo said Kos...
Iva Drapalova, former AP Prague correspondent, dies at 91

By KAREL JANICEK
Jan 03, 2017 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Iva Drapalova, a former Associated Press correspondent in Prague who covered Czechoslovakia with courage for two decades following the 1968 Soviet-led inva...
1st bishop indicted in US on sexual-abuse claim dies at 83

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Former Bishop Thomas Dupre, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to be indicted on a sexual-abuse claim during the flood of abu...
Veteran TV, stage director Jeffrey Hayden dies at 90

By LYNN ELBER
Jan 03, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jeffrey Hayden, who directed early live TV plays with stars including James Dean and who worked with wife Eva Marie Saint on screen and stage, has die...
Willow Creek recalls founding member who shaped church's look

By Eileen O. Daday
Jan 03, 2017 12:00 am - A founding member of Willow Creek Community Church whose leadership and vision helped shape the footprint of its South Barrington campus and expansion into other suburbs...

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