Obituaries
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Photographer captured humanity amid chaosApr 12, 2014 1:01 am - HOEXTER, Germany - Hundreds of mourners packed a church in central Germany on Saturday to remember Associated Press photographer Anja Niedringhaus, who was killed on ass...
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Notable deaths: Iconic Hollywood great; Obama's aunt; WWE superstarApr 12, 2014 1:01 am - Mickey Rooney's approach to life was simple: "Let's put on a show!" He spent nine decades doing it, on the big screen, on television, on stage and in his extravagant per...
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Charles S. Stone Jr., a prominent and pioneering American journalist, diesApr 07, 2014 1:01 am - Charles S. "Chuck" Stone Jr., a prominent and pioneering American journalist who touched and shaped many lives as a big-city newspaper columnist, university professor an...
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Christian Life editor, philanthropist dies at 92Apr 06, 2014 6:00 am - Family and friends are not only mourning the loss of Janice Gosnell Franzen, the longtime editor of Wheaton-based Christian Life Publications, but they are heartbroken t...
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Notable deaths: Frankie Knuckles, Charles KeatingApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - Frankie Knuckles, a Grammy-winning Chicago disc jockey known as the "Godfather of House Music" who worked with artists including Michael Jackson and Diana Ross, has died...
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Images: Work of AP photographer killed in AfghanistanApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - ...
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Writer-environmentalist Peter Matthiessen diesApr 05, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Peter Matthiessen, a rich man's son who spurned a life of ease in favor of physical and spiritual challenges and produced such acclaimed works as "The Snow Le...
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Buffalo Grove High School grad loses fight with cancerApr 04, 2014 1:01 am - By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent Back in 2012, when Andrew Zint accepted his diploma at Buffalo Grove High School, his classmates gave him a long, heartfelt...
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Suburban woman was more than just a receptionistApr 03, 2014 1:01 am - Patricia Tyrrell worked as a longtime receptionist at the famed Chicago ad agency J. Walter Thompson, but her role superseded her title. As the receptionist on the agenc...
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Notable deaths last weekMar 29, 2014 1:01 am - Prisoner of war Jeremiah Denton declared his loyalty to the U.S. government during a 1966 interview for what was supposed to be a propaganda film. But his enraged captor...