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A look back at Earth Wind & Fire's greatest hits

By DERRIK J. LANG
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A look back at Earth, Wind & Fire's highest charting songs following the passing of founding member Maurice White, who died Wednesday at age 74: ___ "...
Dave Renwick, top Scottish caddie, dies of cancer at 62

The Associated Press
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Dave Renwick, the Scottish caddie who worked for three major champions and was on the bag for Vijay Singh's greatest season, has died ...
Joe Dowell, had No. 1 hit with 'Wooden Heart," dies at 76

The Associated Press
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Dowell, a singer briefly popular in the early 1960s who had a No. 1 hit with the ballad "Wooden Heart," has died. He was 76. Dowell died Thursday at ...
Ex-Indiana Gov. Whitcomb, POW in World War II, dies at 98

By TOM DAVIES
Feb 04, 2016 6:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Former Indiana Gov. Edgar Whitcomb, who escaped from a Japanese prisoner camp by swimming overnight during World War II and then made an around-the-w...
Ex-Carol Stream library board president put family first, was 'straight talker'

By Katlyn Smith
Feb 04, 2016 12:00 am - Family comes first. That was Jim Bailey's motto and explains why he left his home of almost 30 years in Carol Stream, a town that once named him its "Citizen of the Year...
Bob Elliott, of comic duo Bob and Ray, dies at 92

By DAVID SHARP
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Bob Elliott, half of the enduring television and radio comedy team Bob and Ray, has died, He was 92. Elliott, father of actor-comedian Chris Ellio...
Mary Fiumara, mother from classic Prince pasta TV ad, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 03, 2016 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Mary Fiumara, best known as the mother who called for her son to come home for dinner in a classic Prince pasta television commercial of the 1960s, has die...
District 96 board member, Buffalo Grove volunteer dies of cancer

By Melissa Silverberg
Feb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Lauren Gordon, a longtime volunteer in Buffalo Grove and a Kildeer-Countryside District 96 school board member, died Tuesday. Gordon, 55, had been battling breast cancer...
Barrington native became internationally acclaimed glass artist

By Eileen O. Daday
Feb 02, 2016 12:00 am - Renowned blown glass creator was an ambassador of the medium
Signe Anderson, original Airplane singer, dead at 74

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 01, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Signe Toly Anderson, a vocalist and original member of the Jefferson Airplane who left the band after its first record and was replaced by Grace Slick, h...

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