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Ashley Bryan, acclaimed children's author, dead at 98

The Associated Press
Feb 05, 2022 6:00 am - ISLESFORD, Maine (AP) - Ashley Bryan, a prolific and prize-winning children's author and illustrator who told stories of Black life, culture and folklore in such acclaim...
Todd Gitlin, prominent activist and thinker, dead at 79

The Associated Press
Feb 05, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Todd Gitlin, a prominent anti-war and campus activist of the 1960s who drew upon his experiences and influenced many others as an author, sociologist and...
Jason Epstein, publishing editor and innovator, dead at 93

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 04, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jason Epstein, a publishing innovator and bon vivant who helped put the classics in paperback, co-founded The New York Review of Books and worked with su...
Reporter who broke gender barrier in NHL locker rooms dies

The Associated Press
Feb 03, 2022 6:00 am - WALTHAM, Mass. (AP) - Robin Herman, a gender barrier-breaking reporter for The New York Times who was the first female journalist to interview players in the locker room...
Art Cooley, co-founder of Environmental Defense Fund, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 03, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Art Cooley, a longtime activist who co-founded the Environmental Defense Fund more than 50 years ago, has died. Cooley, 87, helped launch the group, no...
Longtime Wauconda resident remembered for kindness, caring

By Mick Zawislak
Feb 03, 2022 12:00 am - The exact dates of service have been lost to time, but Shirley Dato's brief stint on the Wauconda village board was memorable for talking trash. And not in a bad way. Wh...
Former Lake County coroner was known for compassion for the living

By Doug T. Graham
Feb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Barbara Richardson, whose credo as the Lake County coroner for more than 20 years was to take care of the deceased and show concern for the living, died Wednesday at age...
'A truly wonderful man': Prospect Heights Mayor Helmer remembered as one who shared his blessings

By Eric Peterson
Feb 03, 2022 12:00 am - Three-term Prospect Heights Mayor Nick Helmer was remembered Thursday for his tireless work in numerous endeavors throughout a life that began 79 years earlier in war-to...
'Queen of Italian cinema' Monica Vitti dies at age 90

By VICTOR L. SIMPSON
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Monica Vitti, the versatile movie star of Michelangelo Antonioni's 'œL'Avventura'ť and other Italian alienation films of the 1960s, and later a leading comic...
David Green dies; was on Cardinals' 1982 championship team

The Associated Press
Feb 02, 2022 6:00 am - ST. LOUIS (AP) - David Green, an outfielder on the St. Louis Cardinals' 1982 World Series champions, has died. He was 61. Green had been hospitalized in suburban St. Lou...

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