Obituaries
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Former world cycling champion Claude Criquielion dies at 58Feb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - BRUSSELS (AP) - Claude Criquielion, a former world cycling champion from Belgium, died Wednesday following a massive stroke over the weekend, Belgian Prime Minister Char...
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Physicist whose work helped world see 1st moon walk diesFeb 17, 2015 10:00 pm - ITHACA, N.Y. (AP) - Physicist Ernest Sternglass, whose research helped make it possible for the world to see the first moon walk, has died at age 91 of heart failure. Hi...
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Former Red Sox, Giants 3B coach Wendell Kim dies at 64Feb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - BOSTON (AP) - Former Boston and San Francisco third base coach Wendell Kim has died. The Red Sox say he died at the age of 64 after a struggle with early-onset Alzheimer...
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Globe-trotting journalist de Borchgrave dies at age 88Feb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Arnaud de Borchgrave, a globe-trotting foreign correspondent and news executive who covered 17 wars by his count and cultivated connections with world ...
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Movita Castaneda, actress who married Marlon Brando, diesFeb 16, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Movita Castaneda, the dark-haired actress who met Marlon Brando on a movie set and later married him and had two of his children, has died. Barbara St...
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Olympic judo champion Wim Ruska dies at 74Feb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Wim Ruska, the only man to win two judo gold medals at the same Olympics, has died. He was 74. The two-time world champion from the Netherl...
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Globe-trotting journalist de Borchgrave dies at age 88Feb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Arnaud de Borchgrave, a Belgian-born count who traded his aristocratic title for a reporter's notebook, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 88. De...
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'It's My Party' singer-songwriter Lesley Gore dies at 68Feb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the ...
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Liam McGee, CEO who led The Hartford after recession, diesFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The former CEO of The Hartford financial services firm who was credited with guiding the company as it recovered from the recession has died. Liam...
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Former pastor leaves rich legacy at Mount Prospect churchFeb 15, 2015 12:00 am - A memorial service for a popular Mount Prospect pastor will be held Feb. 28 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. The Rev. Lloyd Heroff served St. Mark's from 2000 until his re...