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Jerry Jeff Walker, Texas singer and songwriter, dies at 78

By KEN MILLER
Oct 24, 2020 7:00 am - Jerry Jeff Walker, a Texas country singer and songwriter who wrote the pop song 'œMr. Bojangles,'ť has died at age 78. Walker died Friday of cancer, family spokesman Joh...
James Randi, dazzling magician and skeptic, dies at 92

By MATT SEDENSKY
Oct 21, 2020 7:00 am - James Randi, a magician who later challenged spoon benders, mind readers and faith healers with such voracity that he became regarded as the country's foremost skeptic, ...
Retired AP investigative reporter Pete Yost dies at age 73

By WILL LESTER
Oct 21, 2020 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Pete Yost, a retired Associated Press investigative reporter with a fierce, determined style of interviewing that contrasted with his low-key, modest p...
Woman's obituary: In lieu of flowers 'do not vote for Trump'

The Associated Press
Oct 21, 2020 7:00 am - ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - An obituary for a Minneapolis-area woman who died at age 93 included one specific request for her mourners: Do not vote for Donald Trump. Georgia ...
Longtime MLB umpire Derryl Cousins dies at 74

The Associated Press
Oct 20, 2020 7:00 am - PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (AP) - Former major league umpire Derryl Cousins, who worked three World Series during a career that lasted over three decades, has died. He was 74....
JosÃ© Padilla, DJ famed for Ibiza chill-out music, dead at 64

The Associated Press
Oct 20, 2020 7:00 am - MADRID (AP) - JosÃ© Padilla, a Spanish disc jockey known as the Emperor of Chill for the chill-out music he played at sets in Ibiza, has died. He was 64. Padilla died Su...
'Gimme Some Lovin' rock star Spencer Davis dead at 81

The Associated Press
Oct 20, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Spencer Davis, a British guitarist and bandleader whose eponymous rock group had 1960s hits including 'œGimme Some Lovin''ť and 'œI'm a Man,'ť has died. He...
Robert Redford's son, James, dies of liver cancer at 58

The Associated Press
Oct 19, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - James Redford, a filmmaker, activist and son of actor Robert Redford, has died. He was 58. Robert Redford's publicist, Cindi Berger, said in a stateme...
Priest and abstract-expressionist painter Bill Moore dies

By JOHN ROGERS
Oct 19, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Father Bill Moore, a Catholic priest and prominent abstract expressionist who spent decades spreading spiritualism through his paintings, has died at ...
Longtime priest and seminary professor dies two weeks after 100th birthday

By Emmagrace Sperle Daily Herald correspondent
Oct 19, 2020 1:00 am - Monsignor Charles R. Meyer, a senior professor emeritus at St. Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary died Thursday, two weeks after his 100th birthday. According to a ...

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