Obituaries
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Former Kentucky basketball player, analyst Mike Pratt dies
Jun 17, 2022 7:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Kentucky Athletics Hall of Famer Mike Pratt, who helped lead the Wildcats to three SEC championships and two Elite Eight appearances, has died. He...
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Cyclist from Arlington Heights dies at end of charity ride in CaliforniaJun 16, 2022 1:00 am - An experienced cyclist from Arlington Heights was a block away from the finish line of his 545-mile AIDS/LifeCycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles last weekend wh...
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A 'hole in your heart': Rep. Casten and family release statement about daughter Gwen's deathJun 15, 2022 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Sean Casten and his family on Wednesday released their first lengthy public statement since the death of his oldest daughter, Gwen. "There are no words to desc...
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Philip Baker Hall, of 'Hard Eight,' 'Seinfeld,' dies at 90
Jun 13, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Philip Baker Hall, the prolific character actor of film and theater who starred in Paul Thomas Anderson's first movies and who memorably hunted down a lo...
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Gwen Casten, daughter of U.S. Rep. Sean Casten, has diedJun 13, 2022 1:00 am - Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten's 17-year-old daughter, Gwen, died Monday morning at the family's Downers Grove home, his office and police announced. Downers Grove pol...
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Prominent Democratic operative Joe Grandmaison dies at 79
Jun 12, 2022 7:00 am - PORTSMOUTH, N.H. (AP) - J. Joseph 'œJoe'ť Grandmaison, a larger-than-life Democratic operative who ran numerous campaigns and served as an appointee under three presiden...
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Bernd Bransch, East Germany's World Cup captain, dies at 77
Jun 12, 2022 7:00 am - HALLE, Germany (AP) - Bernd Bransch, who captained East Germany at its only World Cup appearance in a symbolic Cold War win over West Germany, has died. He was 77. Brans...
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'Tireless and incorruptible': Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan dies at 76Jun 12, 2022 1:00 am - Former Illinois Attorney General Jim Ryan, who battled through professional setbacks and personal tragedies to become one of the state's most respected political leaders...
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Billy Bingham, former NIreland player and coach, dies at 90
Jun 10, 2022 7:00 am - BELFAST, Northern Ireland (AP) - Billy Bingham, a former Northern Ireland soccer player who twice guided the national team to two World Cups as a coach, has died. He was...
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Former standout football player Robert Alexander dies at 64
Jun 09, 2022 7:00 am - ST. ALBANS, W.Va. (AP) - Former NFL player and West Virginia University standout Robert Alexander has died. He was 64. Alexander died Tuesday after being found unrespons...