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Angelo Mosca, colorful former CFL lineman, dies at 84

The Associated Press
Nov 06, 2021 7:00 am - HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) - Angelo Mosca, the five-time Grey Cup champion defensive lineman best remembered for a controversial hit and a subsequent fight with Joe Kapp 40 ...
British stage and TV veteran Lionel Blair dies at 92

The Associated Press
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Entertainer Lionel Blair, who taught himself to dance by watching Fred Astaire movies and became a staple on British stage and television for decades, has ...
Former Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner dead at 86

By RANDALL CHASE
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - DOVER, Del. (AP) - Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper's daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware's governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as gove...
Aaron Feuerstein, famously generous mill owner, dies at 95

The Associated Press
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - Aaron Feuerstein, who owned a textile mill in Massachusetts and famously continued to pay his workers even after a devastating fire, has died. He...
Schaumburg police mourn death of veteran officer after cancer fight

By Eric Peterson
Nov 04, 2021 1:00 am - Schaumburg police are mourning the death of officer Ross Urso, a 21-year department veteran who died Wednesday after a 2½-year battle with cancer. Urso, 50, served large...
The Gap Band founder Ronnie Wilson dies at age 73

By The Associated Press
Nov 03, 2021 7:00 am - Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the popular R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. His wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, posted on Faceboo...
Arab world's legendary singer, Sabah Fakhri, dies at 88

By SARAH EL DEEB
Nov 02, 2021 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - One of the Arab world's most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who has entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved nearly extinct forms of Ara...
'Make whatever contributions you can': Floros remembered for dedication to Mount Prospect

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 02, 2021 1:00 am - Although much has changed about Mount Prospect over the past 60 years, one mainstay the community could always count on was Leo Floros. Floros died Saturday, Oct. 30, at...
Mississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS
Nov 01, 2021 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Bill Luckett was an attorney, small-town mayor, candidate for governor, blues promoter, friend and business partner of Morgan Freeman and irrepress...
Former Winfield Township trustee remembered as good steward of taxpayers' money

By Scott C. Morgan
Nov 01, 2021 1:00 am - Former Winfield Township Trustee Gerald E. "Jerry" Ruzicka, who died at age 81, is remembered for looking out for taxpayers' interests. The longtime Warrenville resident...

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