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Pioneering McHenry County Board member dies at 63

By Kelli Duncan Shaw Media
Nov 12, 2020 12:00 am - McHenry County Board member Charles "Chuck" Wheeler, the first Black man to serve on the board, died overnight Wednesday to Thursday at the age of 63. Wheeler's wife, Su...
Lucille Bridges, mother of activist Ruby Bridges, dies at 86

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2020 6:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Lucille Bridges, the mother of civil rights activist Ruby Bridges, who walked with her then-6-year-old daughter past crowds screaming racist slurs as ...
Colette Evert, mother of Chris Evert, dies at 92

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2020 6:00 am - DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Colette Evert, the matriarch of a tennis family that produced five children who were successful in the age-group and professional ranks, inc...
Bahrain's long-serving prime minister dies at age 84

By JON GAMBRELL
Nov 11, 2020 6:00 am - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Bahrain's Prince Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, one of the world's longest-serving prime ministers who led his island nation's governm...
Wood Dale mourns loss of popular fitness instructor, crossing guard

By Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 11, 2020 12:00 am - Sue Turco was a ball of energy, and she used that energy to help a lot of people. "She always was three steps ahead of everyone," Wood Dale Park District recreation serv...
Pitcher Ray Daviault, member of original Mets, dies at 86

The Associated Press
Nov 10, 2020 6:00 am - NOTRE-DAME-DE-LA-MERCI, Quebec (AP) - Ray Daviault, a pitcher who played his only season in the major leagues as a member of the 1962 expansion New York Mets, has died. ...
Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure dies at 72

By BABA AHMED
Nov 10, 2020 6:00 am - BAMAKO, Mali (AP) - Mali's former president Amadou Toumani Toure has died at the age of 72. Mali's transitional President Bah N'Daw confirmed Toure's death on Tuesday i...
Saeb Erekat, longtime Palestinian spokesman, dies at 65

By JOSEPH KRAUSS
Nov 10, 2020 6:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Saeb Erekat, a veteran peace negotiator and prominent international spokesman for the Palestinians for more than three decades, died on Tuesday, weeks a...
Actor Bert Belasco, who received alumni award from Waubonsie Valley, found dead at 38

Daily Herald report
Nov 10, 2020 12:00 am - Actor Bert Belasco, a Waubonsie Valley High School alumnus who starred in the BET sitcom "Let's Stay Together," was found dead Sunday in a Virginia hotel room. He was 38...
Trebek brought consensus, class to a nation in need of both

By ANDREW DALTON
Nov 09, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a politically torn, culturally divided and socially splintered America, there was one thing nearly everyone could agree on: Alex Trebek was awesome...

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