Obituaries
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Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and GOP donor, dies at 87
Jan 12, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Sheldon Adelson, who rose from a modest start as the son of an immigrant taxi driver to become a billionaire Republican powerbroker with a casino empire...
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Former Australia national soccer coach Frank Arok dies at 88
Jan 12, 2021 6:00 am - SYDNEY (AP) - Former Australia coach Frank Arok has died in Serbia due to an undisclosed illness, Football Australia said. He was 88. Arok migrated to Australia from Yug...
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Trump, Pence and Reid react to death of Sheldon Adelson
Jan 12, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Billionaire casino mogul and Republican mega-donor Sheldon Adelson died Monday night at 87. Here are some reactions to his death: 'œSheldon lived the tr...
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Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and GOP power broker, dies
Jan 12, 2021 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul, Republican megadonor and power broker who built a casino empire spanning from Las Vegas to China and became a singula...
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Radford, key backup on Indiana's basketball title team, dies
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Former Indiana star Wayne Radford, a prominent backup on the Hoosiers' 1976 unbeaten national championship team, has died. He was 64. Athletic d...
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Romania Holocaust survivor Tucarman dies from COVID-19 at 98
Jan 11, 2021 6:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Iancu Tucarman, one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors in Romania, was buried Monday after dying from COVID-19 last week. He was 98. Do...
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Three-time Dakar Rally winner Hubert Auriol dies at 68
Jan 10, 2021 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Hubert Auriol, the first competitor to win the Dakar Rally on a motorbike and in a car, has died. He was 68. The Dakar Rally announced that Auriol died on S...
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Former UConn basketball coach Dee Rowe dies at 91
Jan 10, 2021 6:00 am - STORRS, Conn. (AP) - Former UConn basketball coach Donald 'œDee'ť Rowe, who served for more than five decades as an ambassador for the school's athletic department and a...
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Member of famed Tuskegee Airmen dies from coronavirus
Jan 09, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - One of the famed Tuskegee Airmen - the first Black pilots in the segregated U.S. military and among the most respected fighter pilots of World War II ...
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Corrections and clarificationsJan 09, 2021 12:00 am - To correct a story in some Thursday's editions, Wayne Hunter, a police officer and psychologist who worked for the Waukegan Police Department and the Lake County sheriff...