Obituaries
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Zambia's first president Kenneth Kaunda dies at age 97
Jun 17, 2021 7:00 am - LUSAKA, Zambia (AP) - Kenneth Kaunda, Zambia's founding president and a champion of African nationalism who spearheaded the fights to end white minority rule across sout...
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Road rage beating victim was 'all-around nice man,' sister saysJun 17, 2021 1:00 am - The Carpentersville man killed in a road rage attack last week in West Dundee was a loving father and a hardworking man who loved the outdoors and fishing. Most of all, ...
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Longtime Mount St. Mary's coach Jim Phelan dies at age 92
Jun 16, 2021 7:00 am - EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) - Jim Phelan, the bow-tied basketball coach who won 830 games during nearly a half-century at Mount St. Mary's, has died. He was 92. The athletic de...
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Funeral Mass on Friday for founder of Angelo Caputo's Fresh MarketJun 16, 2021 1:00 am - Angelo Caputo, the founder of the Angelo Caputo's Fresh Markets chain, has died. Visitation is set for Thursday, with a funeral Mass on Friday. Caputo, an Italian immi...
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Pioneering investor dubbed 'China's First Shareholder' dies
Jun 15, 2021 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - A former factory worker known as 'œChina's First Shareholder'ť after he amassed a fortune trading in the country's infant financial markets starting in th...
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'Gone Girl' actor Lisa Banes dies 10 days after hit-and-run
Jun 15, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - 'œGone Girl'ť actor Lisa Banes died 10 days after being injured by a hit-and-run driver in New York City, police said. The 65-year-old Banes, who was st...
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'A real visionary': Former District 214 leader Elizabeth Ennis diesJun 15, 2021 1:00 am - Elizabeth Ennis spent seven years as superintendent of the state's second largest high school district, Northwest Suburban High School District 214. But despite its size...
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John Marinatto, ran Big East in time of tumult, dies at 64
Jun 14, 2021 7:00 am - John Marinatto, the Big East commissioner during a tumultuous period of conference realignment across college sports, has died. He was 64. Providence College, Marinatto'...
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Ned Beatty, titanic character actor of 'Network,' dies at 83
Jun 13, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ned Beatty, the Oscar-nominated character actor who in half a century of American movies, including 'œDeliverance,'ť 'œNetwork'ť and 'œSuperman,'ť was a ...
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Former Inverness Mayor Angelo Polvere dies at 91Jun 13, 2021 1:00 am - Angelo Polvere, whose dedication to his hometown of Inverness included a stint as its mayor during the 1980s, died June 4, one day after his 91st birthday. "He was just ...