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Tony-winning actress and TV soap star Patricia Elliott dies

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 21, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Patricia Elliott, who won a Tony Award on her Broadway musical debut, went on to star opposite David Bowie in "The Elephant Man" and spent 23 years aboar...
Services set for Judy Allison, wife of NASCAR driver

The Associated Press
Dec 21, 2015 6:00 am - BESSEMER, Ala. (AP) - The wife of retired NASCAR driver Bobby Allison is being remembered in a burial mass. The service for 74-year-old Judy Allison was set for Monday a...
28-year-old grandson of Jimmy Carter dies in Georgia

The Associated Press
Dec 21, 2015 6:00 am - PEACHTREE CITY, Ga. (AP) - Jeremy Carter, the grandson of former President Jimmy Carter, has died near Atlanta. He was 28. The cause of death was not yet known, Fayette ...
EX-UK politician Greville Janner dies before sex abuse trial

The Associated Press
Dec 20, 2015 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Former British politician Greville Janner has died at 87, days after a court ruled him unfit because of ill health to stand trial for alleged child sexual ...
Kurt Masur, who led New York Philharmonic, dies at 88

By GEIR MOULSON and FRANK JORDANS
Dec 19, 2015 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Kurt Masur was a conductor who knew how to use his authority. He used it to tame orchestras - notably the unruly New York Philharmonic, which he led for 11...
NY Philharmonic says German conductor Kurt Masur dead at 88

By GEIR MOULSON
Dec 19, 2015 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Conductor Kurt Masur, who was credited with helping prevent violence after the collapse of communism in East Germany and later reinvigorated the New York P...
Longtime owner of the former Spiegler's Department Store in Des Plaines dies

By Steve Zalusky
Dec 19, 2015 12:00 am - Spiegler's Department Store was Des Plaines' version of Marshall Field's, a mainstay of the community from its opening in 1900 to its sale in 1986. And even after the st...
Bob Krause, former Kansas State administrator, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 17, 2015 6:00 am - MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) - Former Kansas State administrator Bob Krause has died. He was 70. The university said a memorial service for Krause will be Monday at All Faiths C...
Czech artist Ales Vesely dies at 80

The Associated Press
Dec 16, 2015 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Ales Vesely, a Czech artist known for his monumental sculptures, has died aged 80. Tomas Kraus, secretary of the Federation of Jewish Communities, said Wed...
Catalog creator Lillian Vernon dies in NYC at age 88

The Associated Press
Dec 15, 2015 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Lillian Vernon, creator of a multimillion dollar catalog business that sold specialized gifts and home goods, has died in New York. She was 88. Fred Hoch...

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