Obituaries
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Al Franken, West Coast sports promoter, dies at 96
Dec 09, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Al Franken, who promoted track and field, golf and tennis on the West Coast during a long career in sports, died Wednesday. He was 96. He died at his ...
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Publix heiress known for philanthropy dies in Florida at 65
Dec 08, 2021 6:00 am - LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) - The billionaire daughter of the Publix Super Markets founder has died after having early-onset Alzheimer's Disease, the company announced Wednesday...
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Julius S. Scott, author of 'The Common Wind,' dies at 66
Dec 08, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Julius S. Scott, a groundbreaking scholar of slavery and Atlantic history who wove together stories of Black rebellion for a doctoral thesis once likened...
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Former Arlington Heights trustee remembered as visionary, relationship builderDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - This story has been updated to correct the state House District number in which Edith Jolly ran for election. Former Arlington Heights Trustee Edith Jolly served du...
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'It's a loss for the city': Mr. Elgin Post 57 Don Sleeman diesDec 07, 2021 12:00 am - Lifelong Elginite and American Legion Post 57 mainstay Don Sleeman died early Tuesday morning at the age of 92. Often referred to as "Mr. Elgin Post 57," Sleeman had bee...
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Washington Post editorial page editor Fred Hiatt dead at 66
Dec 06, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Fred Hiatt, a foreign correspondent who rose in 2000 to become The Washington Post's editorial page editor, died Monday at a hospital in New York City....
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Denis O'Brien, former manager of George Harrison, dead at 80
Dec 06, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Denis O'Brien, who served as George Harrison's manager for much of the former Beatle's solo career and co-founded with Harrison the production company th...
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Bob Dole, a man of war, power, zingers and denied ambition
Dec 06, 2021 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Bob Dole willed himself to walk again after paralyzing war wounds, ran for Congress with a right arm too damaged to shake hands, and rose through the S...
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Reaction to Bob Dole's death from US dignitaries, veterans
Dec 05, 2021 6:00 am - U.S. dignitaries and military veterans are mourning former Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole, a World War II veteran and former Republican presidential candidate who serve...
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Senate leader, presidential candidate Bob Dole dies at 98
Dec 05, 2021 6:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Bob Dole, who overcame disabling war wounds to become a sharp-tongued Senate leader from Kansas, a Republican presidential candidate and then a symbo...