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Award-winning SKorean director Kim Ki-duk dies in Latvia

By JAN M. OLSEN
Dec 11, 2020 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - South Korean director Kim Ki-duk, who won the top award at the Venice Film Festival in 2012 but later faced allegations at home of hitting an ...
'A visionary': DuPage District 88 mourning beloved Superintendent Scott Helton

By Katlyn Smith
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Scott Helton was a school principal at heart. At Addison Trail High School, he was the kind of principal you'd see at sporting events or theater productions. To promote ...
Prospect Heights native, Wheeling High grad lived 'American dream' in music industry

By Eileen O. Daday
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Ryan Brady couldn't get enough of music during his years at Wheeling High School. He performed in the marching band, jazz band and orchestra all four years, before gradu...
Jim Burns, state inspector general, dies at 75

Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 11, 2020 12:00 am - Longtime Illinois Secretary of State Inspector General Jim Burns, who served four years as Chicago's U.S. attorney, died this week at 75. Secretary of State Jesse White ...
Anthony Veasna So, acclaimed fiction writer, dead at age 28

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 10, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The author of a highly anticipated debut story collection has died. Anthony Veasna So was 28. His death was announced Thursday by his publisher, Ecco, wh...
Paolo Rossi, who led Italy to 1982 World Cup, dies at 64

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2020 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Paolo Rossi, who led Italy to the 1982 World Cup title and later worked as a soccer commentator in his home country, has died. He was 64. Rossi's wife, Feder...
Wimbledon champ, tennis Hall of Famer Alex Olmedo dies at 84

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2020 6:00 am - SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Alex Olmedo, who won the Wimbledon and Australian Championships singles titles in 1959 and was inducted into the International Tennis Hall of...
Sad Sunday as ALS takes life of beloved prep sports writer

By Joe Aguilar
Dec 10, 2020 12:00 am - Happy Sunday. That's how Bill Pemstein started every text message to me at the start of a new week. An update on his boys was followed by some fun observations about the...
Doug Scott, part of first UK team to climb Everest, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Doug Scott, who was part of the first British team to climb Mount Everest in 1975, has died. He was 79. Scott died from cancer on Monday at his home in the...
'B.A.P.S.' star Natalie Desselle Reid dies at 53

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Dec 08, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Natalie Desselle Reid, who starred alongside Halle Berry in the 1997 film 'œB.A.P.S.'ť and on the sitcom 'œEve,'ť has died. She was 53. Reid's death o...

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