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Lin Emery, sculptor of movement, nature, dies at 94

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY
Mar 15, 2021 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lin Emery, a New Orleans-based artist whose delicately balanced moving sculptures can be seen worldwide, has died. She was 94. Emery's hallmark sculpt...
Barbara Rickles, widow of comedian Don Rickles, dies at 84

BY HILLEL ITALIE
Mar 15, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara Rickles, the widow of Don Rickles and a fictionalized target of his comic insults during what was otherwise one of Hollywood's most enduring marr...
Boxing great Marvelous Marvin Hagler dies at 66

By TIM DAHLBERG
Mar 14, 2021 7:00 am - Marvelous Marvin Hagler stopped Thomas Hearns in a fight that lasted less than eight minutes yet was so epic that it still lives in boxing lore. Two years later he was s...
Formula One commentator Murray Walker dies at 97

The Associated Press
Mar 13, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Murray Walker, the voice of Formula One as a commentator on British television with a high-octane style, has died. He was 97. The British Racing Drivers' C...
South Africa's Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini dies, aged 72

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - King Goodwill Zwelithini, the traditional leader of South Africa's Zulu nation, has died aged 72 after being hospitalized for more than a month, his...
Tape that: Dutch inventor of audio cassette dies at age 94

By MIKE CORDER
Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, the medium of choice for millions of bedroom mix tapes, has died, said Philips, the co...
Black space engineer, housing advocate Ken Kelly dies at 92

By MICHAEL WARREN
Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - Kenneth C. Kelly, a Black electronics engineer whose antenna designs contributed to the race to the moon, made satellite TV and radio possible and helped NASA communicat...
Norm Sherry, Dodgers teammate of Sandy Koufax, dies at 89

By BETH HARRIS
Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Norm Sherry, whose suggestion to Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Sandy Koufax helped the future Hall of Fame pitcher reach his potential, has died. He wa...
International evangelical pastor Luis Palau dies at 86

By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Mar 11, 2021 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Luis Palau, an evangelical pastor who was born in Argentina and went on to work with Billy Graham before establishing his own powerhouse internatio...
Des Plaines mourns loss of longtime parks leader Bill Yates

By Charles Keeshan
Mar 10, 2021 10:00 pm - You'd be hard pressed to find a facet of life in the Des Plaines area Bill Yates didn't impact in a positive way. From park district commissioner to Boy Scout leader to ...

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