Obituaries
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Clown Dimitri, beloved Swiss performer, dead at 80
Jul 20, 2016 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Clown Dimitri, a beloved Swiss clown and mime over nearly six decades who studied under Marcel Marceau and spread smiles from Broadway to Congo with a trad...
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Pioneering school psychologist was first one hired by District 54Jul 20, 2016 1:00 am - A longtime school psychologist in Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 who pioneered ways to determine the needs of special education students and who was instrume...
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Punk pioneer Alan Vega dies at 78
Jul 18, 2016 7:00 am - Former Black Flag frontman Henry Rollins says punk pioneer Alan Vega has died. Rollins announced the death on his website and has released what he describes as a family-...
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Wendell Anderson, Minnesota's former governor, dies at 83
Jul 17, 2016 7:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Wendell Anderson loved being Minnesota's governor so much that he couldn't wait to get to work in the morning. But when he abandoned the Capitol i...
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NBA great Nate Thurmond, Hall of Fame center, dies at 74
Jul 16, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Nate Thurmond, the tenacious defensive center who played with Wilt Chamberlain and was an iconic figure in two cities, died Saturday after a short b...
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Bonnie Brown of the country music trio the Browns dead at 77
Jul 16, 2016 7:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Bonnie Brown, one of three siblings whose smooth harmonies as the Browns influenced generations of singers from the Beatles to Lady Antebellum, ...
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Lawmaker who survived 2012 double lung transplant dies
Jul 14, 2016 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California state Sen. Sharon Runner, who left the Legislature in 2012 after receiving a double lung transplant and three years later made a dra...
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Hungarian writer Peter Esterhazy dies at 66
Jul 14, 2016 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Peter Esterhazy, one of Hungary's most renowned contemporary authors, has died. He was 66. Esterhazy, who announced last year that he had pancre...
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Film director Hector Babenco dies in Brazil
Jul 14, 2016 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - The Argentine-born Brazilian director nominated for an Oscar for his 1985 film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" has died. Hector Babenco was 70. Denise Winthe...
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Longtime city attorney Donald Rose helped shape Rolling MeadowsJul 14, 2016 1:00 am - Donald M. Rose is why Rolling Meadows looks the way it does today. He was never a mayor or an alderman, but as city attorney for 44 years - in a city that is only six d...