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Japanese writer who documented WWII Tokyo firebombing dies

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
May 11, 2022 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Katsumoto Saotome, a Japanese writer who gathered the accounts of survivors of the U.S. firebombing of Tokyo in World War II to raise awareness of the massi...
Leonid Kravchuk, independent Ukraine's 1st president, dies

The Associated Press
May 10, 2022 7:00 am - KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Leonid Kravchuk, who led Ukraine to independence during the collapse of the Soviet Union and served as its first president, died Tuesday, Ukrainian ...
Singer Nick Cave confirms son Jethro Lazenby has died at 31

By ROD McGUIRK
May 10, 2022 7:00 am - CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave has confirmed the death of his son Jethro Lazenby at age 31. 'œWith much sadness, I can confirm that my...
'Ultimate showman' of bass fishing, Ray Scott, dead at 88

By JAY REEVES
May 09, 2022 7:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Ray Scott, a consummate promoter who helped launch professional bass angling and became a fishing buddy to presidents while popularizing the cons...
Midge Decter, leading neo-conservative, dead at 94

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 09, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Midge Decter, a leading neoconservative writer and commentator who in blunt and tenacious style helped lead the right's attack in the culture wars as she...
Mickey Gilley, who helped inspire 'Urban Cowboy,' dies at 86

The Associated Press
May 07, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Country star Mickey Gilley, whose namesake Texas honky-tonk inspired the 1980 film 'œUrban Cowboy'ť and a nationwide wave of Western-themed nightspots, h...
Minister who was tireless advocate for the homeless dies at 72

By Eileen O. Daday
May 04, 2022 1:00 am - The Rev. Jeffrey Deardorff, one of the early champions of the homeless and marginalized in the Northwest suburbs, has died. Deardorff, former associate pastor of First ...
Roselle's first full-time fire chief remembered for helping build the department

By Rick West
May 04, 2022 1:00 am - Roselle officials are remembering the village's first full-time fire chief for helping build the fire department into what it is today. Jim Sunagel, 83, died on April 28...
Norman Mineta, transportation secretary in 9/11 era, dies

By BRIAN WITTE and TERENCE CHEA
May 03, 2022 7:00 am - ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - Norman Mineta, who broke racial barriers for Asian Americans serving in high-profile government posts and ordered commercial flights grounded after...
Photographer Ron Galella, sued by Jackie Onassis, dead at 91

By KAREN MATTHEWS
May 03, 2022 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ron Galella, the photographer known for his visceral celebrity shots and his dogged pursuit of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who sued him and won a restrai...

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