Obituaries
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Notable deaths last week: Her Hollywood career included iconic moviesOct 24, 2015 1:00 am - • Nick Pappas, who was dubbed "Mr. Trojan" for the 59 years he spent as a football player, coach and administrator at Southern California, has died at age 99. • Fiery-ha...
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Thomas Stemberg, founder of Staples office superstore, dies
Oct 23, 2015 7:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Thomas Stemberg, a former grocery business executive who founded Staples Inc. and revolutionized the office supplies retail business, died Friday at his ho...
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Dermatologist for Michael Jackson, other stars, dies
Oct 23, 2015 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Dr. Arnold Klein once said, "Put me next to a patient, give me a needle and I'm really happy." To which the man once known as Hollywood's "Dermatologi...
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Legendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy dies in New Jersey at 83
Oct 22, 2015 7:00 am - ENGLEWOOD, N.J. (AP) - Legendary jazz vocalist Mark Murphy has died in New Jersey after a lengthy illness that kept him from performing since 2012. He was 83. Manager Je...
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Marty Ingels, husband of Shirley Jones, dies at 79
Oct 22, 2015 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marty Ingels, a raspy-voiced comedian, actor and talent agent who was married to singer and actress Shirley Jones for nearly 40 years, died Wednesday ...
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Cory Wells, Three Dog Night singer, dies in New York at 74
Oct 21, 2015 7:00 am - DUNKIRK, N.Y. (AP) - Cory Wells, a founding member of the popular 1970s band Three Dog Night and lead singer on such hits as "Never Been to Spain" and "Mama Told Me (Not...
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Actress on 'Petticoat Junction' dies
Oct 19, 2015 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pat Woodell, a former actress and singer who played the brainy sister Bobbie Jo Bradley for two seasons in the 1960s sitcom "Petticoat Junction," has die...
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Late Daily Herald reporter to be honored at Lake County courthouseOct 19, 2015 1:00 am - Three years after his death, former Daily Herald legal affairs reporter Tony Gordon will be honored next month at the courthouse where he worked for years. The judges of...
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Co-founder of Elgin restaurant dies at 77Oct 18, 2015 7:30 am - Stella Paul, a co-founder of Paul's Family Restaurant at Lawrence Avenue and McLean Boulevard in Elgin, died on Thursday, Oct. 15. For the past 15 years Paul, 77, had b...
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Former Everton manager Howard Kendall dies at age 69
Oct 17, 2015 7:00 am - LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Howard Kendall, who led Everton to two league championships and a European title in the mid-1980s in the first of three coaching spells with th...