Obituaries
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Notable deaths last weekNov 30, 2013 5:35 pm - Paul Crouch, who built what has been called the world’s largest Christian broadcasting network, has died. He was 79. Crouch and his wife Jan founded the network in 1973 ...
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Myanmar’s remaining independence fighter diesNov 28, 2013 4:56 am - YANGON, Myanmar — Ye Htut, the last member of the “Thirty Comrades,” the group that spearheaded Myanmar’s struggle against British colonial rule, has died. He was 91. Ye...
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Memorial being planned for Le Francais founderNov 25, 2013 9:00 am - Jean Banchet, the French-born chef who many credit with bringing fine dining to the Chicago area, died Sunday in his Florida home. He was 72. Banchet, who opened Le Fran...
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Beloved French director; Junie B. Jones authorNov 23, 2013 4:37 pm - Director Georges Lautner, whose films from the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s are part of the French canon and still adored, has died at 87. Of the dozens of films he made, “Le...
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Arlington Hts. man ‘loved the automobile business’Nov 23, 2013 10:03 am - When longtime auto dealer Richard A. Roto, 84, wanted to drive to a doctor’s appointment last week, his wife offered to drive him instead. After they switched, she looke...
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Diane Disney Miller, daughter of Walt, diesNov 19, 2013 7:31 pm - NAPA, Calif. — Diane Disney Miller, Walt Disney’s daughter and one of his inspirations for building the Disneyland theme park, has died at her Northern California home. ...
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Schaumburg church mourns loss of longtime priestNov 19, 2013 1:47 pm - The Rev. Warren McCarthy helped shape the growth of Schaumburg’s first Catholic church, St. Marcelline, leading the congregation as its second pastor from 1976 to 1997. ...
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Nobel author Doris Lessing dies at 94Nov 17, 2013 8:35 am - LONDON — Doris Lessing emerged from a black cab outside her home in London one day in 2007 and was confronted by a horde of reporters. When told she had won the Nobel Pr...
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Notable deaths last weekNov 16, 2013 3:37 pm - Hall of Fame offensive lineman Mike McCormack died Friday in Palm Desert, Calif. He was 83. During his nearly 50 years in professional football, McCormack played, coache...
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Prospect Hts. pastor’s legacy was welcoming PADSNov 16, 2013 2:03 pm - The former pastor of St. Alphonsus Liguori Catholic Church in Prospect Heights, who led the parish during its biggest growth years and its outreach into social justice, ...