Obituaries
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Georgia HS QB Roper dies following successful senior season
Dec 23, 2021 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Robbie Roper, the Roswell High School quarterback who was considering his college options following a successful senior season, has died following complic...
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Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87
Dec 23, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Didion, the revered author and essayist whose precise social and personal commentary in such classics as 'œThe White Album'ť and 'œThe Year of Magic...
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Former Lincoln Park Zoo director dies at 100
Dec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Dr. Lester Fisher, the former director of Lincoln Park Zoo who helped transform the once aging facility into a renowned institution centered around education and animal ...
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'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' actor Sally Ann Howes dies at 91
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sally Ann Howes, who played as a child actor before she later starred in the 1968 film 'œChitty Chitty Bang Bang'ť with Dick Van Dyke, has died. She w...
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Retired Dallas Morning News reporter dies in car crash
Dec 21, 2021 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Retired Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater, who covered the rise of Texas governors Ann Richards and George W. Bush, has died in a car crash. He was...
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Glen Ellyn mourns former village president who had passion for environmentDec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Daily Herald correspondent Bunting was hung around the Glen Ellyn Civic Center as a tribute to former Village President Joe Wark, who died Sunday at the age of 89. "We a...
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Don Feldott, longtime Lantern Tavern owner in Naperville, dies at 88Dec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Donald "Don" Feldott, the founding owner of The Lantern Tavern & Grill in Naperville, is being remembered by his family as a hardworking neighborhood bar owner and an av...
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Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies
Dec 19, 2021 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Johnny Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state legislature to become a U.S. senator known as an effective, ...
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Lauded modern British architect Richard Rogers dies at 88
Dec 19, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Richard Rogers, the British architect who helped change the look of modern cities by putting features like elevators and air ducts on the outside of his bu...
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Developer, attorney Thelin left lasting mark on Aurora and BataviaDec 19, 2021 12:00 am - Cal Thelin left his stamp on the communities of Aurora and Batavia as an attorney, a developer and a volunteer. The former Aurora city attorney assisted in the formation...