Obituaries
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Making the Hall of Fame case for Dick AllenDec 07, 2020 12:00 am - Editor's note: This story originally ran on Aug. 16. Mike Tollin, the executive producer of "The Last Dance," the Michael Jordan documentary, and I have something i...
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Chicago White Sox legend Dick Allen dies at 78Dec 07, 2020 12:00 am - Former White Sox first baseman Dick Allen died Monday at his home in Pennsylvania, his family announced on his Twitter account. He was 78. "With sadness in our hearts, w...
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Uruguay's 1st socialist president, Tabaré Vázquez, dies
Dec 06, 2020 6:00 am - MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) - Uruguay's first socialist president, Tabaré Vázquez, who rose from poverty to win two terms as leader, died Sunday of cancer, a disease the ...
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Peter Alliss, the '~Voice of Golf' on British TV, dies at 89
Dec 06, 2020 6:00 am - Peter Alliss, who became the eccentric 'œVoice of Golf'ť on British television after a playing career in which he competed in eight Ryder Cups and was Europe's best golf...
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Much-loved 'Dr. Jack' of Wheaton dies at 89Dec 06, 2020 12:00 am - John "Jack" Oberhelman of Wheaton - a well-known doctor, husband, father and grandfather - died Nov. 24 at age 89. Known as "Dr. Jack," he was a founding doctor of Centr...
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David Lander, 'Squiggy' on 'Laverne & Shirley,' dies at 73
Dec 05, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor David L. Lander, who played the character of Squiggy on the popular ABC comedy 'œLaverne & Shirley,'ť has died after a decades-long battle with ...
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Larry Mavety, longtime junior hockey executive, dies at 78
Dec 04, 2020 6:00 am - KINGSTON, Ontario (AP) - Larry Mavety, a longtime junior hockey executive who once coached former NHL star Doug Gilmour, has died. He was 78. The Kingston Frontenacs of ...
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Marv Marinovich, former USC football captain, dies at 81
Dec 04, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Marv Marinovich, who captained Southern California's national championship football team in 1962 and famously employed his strength and conditioning m...
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Miguel AlgarÃn, a founder of beloved NYC poetry space, dies
Dec 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Miguel AlgarÃn, poet, professor and a founder of New York City's beloved Nuyorican Poets Café performance space, has died. He was 79. AlgarÃn died Mon...
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Alison Lurie, prize winning novelist, dead at 94
Dec 03, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alison Lurie, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist whose satirical and cerebral tales of love and academia included the marital saga 'œThe War Between the...