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Dancer formerly of Arlington Heights dies of coronavirus complications

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 26, 2020 12:00 am - Award-winning ballroom dancer and longtime Arlington Heights resident Anne P. Hamilton died last month from COVID-19 complications. She was 92. Hamilton, most recently...
Ivry Gitlis, a violinist who spanned genres, dies at 98

The Associated Press
Dec 25, 2020 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Ivry Gitlis, an acclaimed violinist who played with famed conductors, rock stars and jazz bands around the world and worked to make classical music accessib...
Mali opposition leader CissÃ© dies after contracting COVID-19

By BABA AHMED
Dec 25, 2020 6:00 am - BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Soumaila CissÃ©, Mali's main opposition leader who was held hostage for six months earlier this year by jihadis and was considered a leading contende...
Leslie West, guitarist of rock band Mountain, has died at 75

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Dec 24, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leslie West, an iconic guitarist-vocalist who was behind several '70s rock anthems including 'œMississippi Queen'ť with the popular band Mountain, has...
British model, fashion muse Stella Tennant dies at 50

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, died suddenly at the age of 50, her f...
Tony-nominated Broadway star Rebecca Luker dies at 59

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 23, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Soprano Rebecca Luker, a three-time Tony nominated actor who starred in some of the biggest Broadway hits of the past three decades, died Wednesday. S...
Classic car enthusiast's life 'not bad for a guy from Buffalo'

By Burt Constable
Dec 22, 2020 4:30 am - A force and a character, my father-in-law, Paul TerHorst, died Friday at age 85, with Daughter No. 1 (Cheryl) and Daughter No. 2 (Karen) holding his hands while Daughter...
Chicago-area man who helped inspire Special Olympics dies

Associated Press
Dec 21, 2020 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Michael 'œMoose'ť Cusack, a Chicago-area man who helped inspire the Special Olympics movement and who won multiple medals at the athletic event over years...
K.T. Oslin, country singer of '~80's Ladies,' dies at 78

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Dec 21, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Country singer K.T. Oslin, who hit it big with the 1987 hit 'œ80'²s Ladies'ť and won three Grammy awards, has died. She was 78. Oslin's friend Robert...
Ezra Vogel, renowned Asia scholar and biographer, dies at 90

The Associated Press
Dec 21, 2020 6:00 am - CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (AP) - A leading U.S. scholar on East Asia whose biography of Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping won acclaim and awards has died. Ezra F. Vogel was 90. Vogel ...

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