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Memorial service planned for Mundelein orchard matriarch Marion Quig

By Russell Lissau
Jul 11, 2016 1:00 am - A memorial service will be held Thursday for Marion Quig, the former co-owner of one of Lake County's most popular apple orchards. Quig, 74, died June 16 in Reno, Nevada...
Former NY Times correspondent Sydney Schanberg dies at 82

The Associated Press
Jul 10, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sydney H. Schanberg, a former correspondent for The New York Times awarded a Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the genocide in Cambodia in 1975 - and wh...
Legendary Pakistani social worker Edhi dies at 88

By MUNIR AHMED
Jul 08, 2016 7:00 am - ISLAMABAD (AP) - Pakistan's legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who devoted his life to the poor and the destitute, died on Friday at a hospital in Karachi follo...
Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor John McMartin dies at 86

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 07, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John McMartin, the versatile, gentlemanly Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in such shows as "Follies" and "Sweet Charity," has died, ac...
Carl Haas, co-founder of Newman-Haas Racing, dies at 86

By GARY B. GRAVES
Jul 07, 2016 7:00 am - Finding Carl Haas in an IndyCar garage was a simple matter of looking for the man with the cigar. His name was just as easy to spot in the record books as well. Haas, co...
William Armstrong, ex-US senator for Colorado, dies at 79

By DAN ELLIOTT
Jul 06, 2016 7:00 am - DENVER (AP) - William L. Armstrong, a Colorado media executive who became a major conservative voice in the Senate, died Tuesday after a five-year battle with cancer. He...
The Latest: Chicago mayor, justices react to Mikva's death

The Associated Press
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Latest on the death of Abner Mikva (all times local): 3:15 p.m. Tributes have continued to pour in for Abner Mikva, the longtime statesman from Illino...
Noel Neill, first actress to play Lois Lane, dies at 95

The Associated Press
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - The actress who was the first to play Superman's love interest, Lois Lane, on screen has died. Noel Neill was 95. Neill's biographer Larry Ward tell...
Abner Mikva, ex-congressman, judge from Illinois, dies at 90

By MICHAEL TARM
Jul 05, 2016 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Abner Mikva, a liberal stalwart from Illinois who served in all three branches of the federal government, mentored a young Barack Obama and famously learn...
Margaret Schlickman remembered for her 'dedication and commitment'

By Eileen O. Daday
Jul 05, 2016 1:00 am - Housing advocate, former legislative staffer dies at 86

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