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Billionaire landowner the Duke of Westminster dies at 64

By JILL LAWLESS
Aug 10, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Gerald Cavendish Grosvenor, Duke of Westminster, spent his adult life dutifully stewarding vast wealth that he'd rather not have had. The duke was the bill...
Captain Noah, who helmed beloved children's TV show, dies

The Associated Press
Aug 09, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - W. Carter Merbreier, who helmed the beloved local children's TV show "Captain Noah and his Magical Ark," died Tuesday after a short illness. He was 9...
Former state lawmaker, teacher Vince Persico remembered as 'staunch ally of DuPage County'

By Katlyn Smith
Aug 09, 2016 1:00 am - To "get the straight scoop" about Springfield government, DuPage County leaders say they relied on a candid voice. First as a state lawmaker and later as a lobbyist, Vin...
Top dirt-track racer Clauson remembered as 'true ambassador'

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Bryan Clauson wasn't a household name and he hadn't yet earned the fame or fortune enjoyed by auto racing's superstars. Cut from the mold of the old-...
Edward Daly, priest in famed Bloody Sunday image, dies at 82

By JILL LAWLESS
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Former Roman Catholic Bishop Edward Daly, who tended victims of Northern Ireland's Bloody Sunday killings and became a defining image of the massacre, has ...
B.E. Taylor, known for Christmas concerts, dies at age 65

The Associated Press
Aug 08, 2016 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - A musician whose annual Christmas concerts and recordings made him well known in western Pennsylvania and West Virginia has died of complications from ...
Husband of Ohio woman hurt by dropped rock dies at 55

The Associated Press
Aug 07, 2016 7:00 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Randy Budd, the husband of an Ohio schoolteacher critically injured when a rock was dropped on her car from a highway overpass has died. He was 55....
Art Demmas, NFL official who worked 4 Super Bowls, dies

The Associated Press
Aug 07, 2016 7:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Art Demmas, a longtime NFL official who worked four Super Bowls, has died. He was 82. Jim Myers, Demmas' son-in-law, confirmed Sunday that Demmas...
Ricci Martin, son of Dean, dies at 62

The Associated Press
Aug 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ricci Martin, the musician son of entertainment legend Dean Martin, has died. He was 62. Martin died Wednesday at his home in Utah, his family announced ...
Clarinetist Pete Fountain dead at 86

By KEVIN McGILL
Aug 06, 2016 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Clarinetist Pete Fountain, whose Dixieland jazz virtuosity and irrepressible wit endeared him to his native New Orleans and earned him decades of nati...

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