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Pioneering fashion journalist AndrÃ© Leon Talley dies at 73

By JOCELYN NOVECK
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - AndrÃ© Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry...
'Dixie' DÃ¶rner, the 'Beckenbauer of the East,' dies at 70

By CIARÃN FAHEY
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hans-JÃ¼rgen 'œDixie'ť DÃ¶rner, one of East Germany and Dynamo Dresden's greatest soccer players who was called the 'œBeckenbauer of the East,'ť has died. ...
Women's basketball pioneer Lusia Harris dies at 66

By DOUG FEINBERG
Jan 18, 2022 6:00 am - Lusia Harris, who became the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, ...
Longtime newspaper director Jack Pittas built business and family ties

By Burt Constable
Jan 18, 2022 12:00 am - An international energy industry leader who testified before Congress and served as president of Universal Oil Products in Des Plaines, attorney Jack Pittas brought thos...
Grobstein, Chicago reporter who got Elia's rant, dies at 69

The Associated Press
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia's famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, h...
Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102

By DOUGLASS K. DANIEL
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had b...
Birju Maharaj, legend of India's kathak dance form, dies

The Associated Press
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Birju Maharaj, a legend of classical Indian dance and among the country's most well-known performing artists, died Monday. He was 83. Maharaj was suffe...
Steve Schapiro, prize-winning photographer, dies at 87

The Associated Press
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Schapiro, a prize-winning photographer whose indelible images ranged from the March on Washington to the set of 'œThe Godfather'ť and other films, ...
Rink Babka, discus medalist at 1960 Olympics, dies at 85

The Associated Press
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Richard 'œRink'ť Babka, a former world record holder who was part of a U.S. medals sweep in the discus at the 1960 Rome Olympics, has died. He was 85....
Feder: Chicago radio sportscaster Les Grobstein dies

By Robert Feder
Jan 17, 2022 12:00 am - Les Grobstein, a hometown original whose career as a Chicago radio sportscaster spanned more than 50 years, was known as a hardworking reporter with a phenomenal memory ...

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