Obituaries
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Former 49ers center Fred Quillan dies at age 60
Sep 15, 2016 7:00 am - SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Fred Quillan, the former San Francisco center who played on the 49ers' first two Super Bowl champion teams, has died. He was 60. The team said...
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Arizona's 1st female governor, Rose Mofford, dies at 94
Sep 15, 2016 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - When Rose Mofford was thrown into the role of Arizona's governor, she was also plunged into a political hailstorm. With her predecessor impeached, a budge...
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Barrington Hills environmental pioneer mournedSep 15, 2016 1:00 am - Barbara MacArthur of Barrington Hills, who died Monday at 82, is being remembered for her work to establish and defend the village's strong stance on land conservation a...
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Former Knoxville Journal sports editor Ben Byrd dies at 91
Sep 13, 2016 7:00 am - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ben Byrd, a former Knoxville sportswriter and editor who was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, has died. He was 91. Jeff Berry, a ...
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Correction: Obit-Prince Buster story
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - In a Sept. 9 obituary on Jamaican ska pioneer Prince Buster, The Associated Press erroneously reported details about his marriages and child...
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Clarification: Obit-Times Square Kiss Woman story
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Sept. 10 on the death of Greta Zimmer Friedman, The Associated Press reported that she was the nurse depicted in a photo kissing sailor George...
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Transgender actress Alexis Arquette has died at 47
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alexis Arquette, the transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmond and Patricia Arquette, died early Sunday morning in ...
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Woman in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 92
Sep 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The woman in an iconic photo shown kissing an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. Greta Zimmer Friedman was 92....
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Eddie Antar, owner of Crazy Eddie retail chain, dead at 68
Sep 11, 2016 7:00 am - OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The man who turned the Crazy Eddie electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. Eddie Anta...
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Daily Herald columnist Paul Green recalled as 'Chicago political legend'Sep 11, 2016 1:00 am - Civic leaders, scholars and political heavyweights are mourning the death of Paul Michael Green, frequent Daily Herald columnist, professor of public administration and ...