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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 ...
Blake Cullen, former Cubs, NL executive, dies at 85

The Associated Press
Mar 10, 2021 6:00 am - VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, (AP) - Blake Cullen, an executive for the Chicago Cubs and the National League who went on to own minor league hockey, baseball and soccer teams, has...
Sally Atwater, wife of late GOP strategist, dies at 69

By MEG KINNARD
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Sally Atwater, wife of the late GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee chairman Lee Atwater, died Tuesday, according to her family...
Roger Vonlanthen, Swiss player in World Cup epic, dies at 89

The Associated Press
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Roger Vonlanthen, the last surviving member of the Switzerland team that in 1954 played in the highest-scoring World Cup match, has died. He was 89. ...
Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91

The Associated Press
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Norton Juster, the celebrated children's author who fashioned a world of adventure and punning punditry in the million-selling classic 'œThe Phantom Toll...
Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

By DAVE BRYAN
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - Roger Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, has died...
Carla Wallenda, member of famed high-wire act, dies at 85

By TERRY SPENCER
Mar 07, 2021 6:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Carla Wallenda, a member of 'œThe Flying Wallendas'ť high-wire act and the last surviving child of the famed troupe's founder, has died at t...
Cleveland rocker and radio star Michael Stanley dead at 72

By The Associated Press
Mar 06, 2021 6:00 am - CLEVELAND (AP) - Michael Stanley, a Cleveland-based rocker who with his namesake band reached the Top 40 in the 1980s with the hits 'œHe Can't Love You'ť and 'œMy Town'ť...
Paul McMullen, '96 US Olympic runner, dies in ski accident

The Associated Press
Mar 05, 2021 6:00 am - GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (AP) - Paul McMullen, a runner who was a member of the 1996 U.S. Olympic team, died in a ski accident in northern Michigan, Eastern Michigan Universit...
Larry Wahl, spokesman for Yankees, Orange Bowl, dead at 67

The Associated Press
Mar 04, 2021 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Larry Wahl, a vice president of the Orange Bowl and a former New York Yankees media relations head under George Steinbrenner, has died. He was 67. Wahl died...

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