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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 ...
Mali's ex-President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita dies at 76

By BABA AHMED and KRISTA LARSON
Jan 16, 2022 6:00 am - BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, the former president of Mali who took office in a landmark election held after a destabilizing coup only to be ousted in anot...
Celebrated Greek painter Alekos Fassianos dies at 86

The Associated Press
Jan 16, 2022 6:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Alekos Fassianos, one of the most important modern Greek painters, died Sunday at his home after a long illness, the state news agency ANA reported...
Joe B. Hall, who led Kentucky to 1978 NCAA title, dies at 93

By GARY B. GRAVES
Jan 15, 2022 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Joe B. Hall took on the steep challenge of following a legend and created his own successful legacy. Hall, who succeeded Adolph Rupp and guided Ke...

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