Obituaries
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Science fiction legend, Palatine resident Frederik Pohl diesSep 03, 2013 2:40 pm - Prolific award-winning science-fiction author and Palatine resident Frederik Pohl died Monday at the age of 93, his agent has confirmed. Pohl had more than 60 novels and...
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‘Don’t be afraid’: Final words from Seamus HeaneySep 02, 2013 9:59 am - DUBLIN — Ireland mourned the loss of its Nobel laureate poet, Seamus Heaney, with equal measures of poetry and pain Monday in a funeral full of grace notes and a final m...
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David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies at 74Sep 01, 2013 3:57 pm - LONDON — David Frost had sparred with Richard Nixon for hours, recording a series of interviews with the former president three years after he stepped down in disgrace o...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 31, 2013 5:51 pm - William Campbell, a former U.S. Amateur champion who played on eight Walker Cup teams and later served two years as president of the U.S. Golf Association, has died. He ...
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‘Star Wars’ cinematographer Gilbert Taylor diesAug 27, 2013 8:36 am - LONDON — Gilbert Taylor was a master of black and white and a master of different universes. Taylor, the influential “Star Wars” cinematographer who worked on a number o...
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Arlington Heights fitness instructor inspired fellow seniorsAug 25, 2013 4:28 pm - A former fitness instructor at the Arlington Heights Senior Center, who personified health and vigor to students and co-workers alike, has died. Ed Hardy taught his “Fun...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 24, 2013 3:35 pm - He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime. Pretty much every novel Elmore Leonard wrote from the mid-1980s on was a best-seller, and e...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 17, 2013 5:18 pm - Canadian-born actor August Schellenberg, who starred in the “Free Willy” films and appeared in numerous television roles, has died at his Dallas home after a fight with ...
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‘That ’70s Show’ actress Lisa Robin Kelly diesAug 15, 2013 6:11 pm - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — “That ’70s Show” actress Lisa Robin Kelly has died at age 43. Manager Craig Wyckoff says Kelly died Wednesday at a Los Angeles addiction t...
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Glendale Heights police in mourning for veteran officerAug 13, 2013 5:00 pm - Whenever Glendale Heights police officer Don Darby went on a drug bust or was helping chase down an assailant, his trusted partner — Lucky, the department's lone canine ...