Obituaries
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Astrud Gilberto, singer of 'The Girl from Ipanema,' dead at 83
Jun 06, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Astrud Gilberto, the Brazilian singer, songwriter and entertainer whose off-hand, English-language cameo on "The Girl from Ipanema" made her a worldwide voice...
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J.J. Bittenbinder, colorful ex-Chicago police detective and crime-prevention guru, dead at 80
Jun 05, 2023 1:00 am - John Joseph "J.J." Bittenbinder might have saved your life. In the 1990s, the colorful former Chicago police detective showed viewers how to avoid being kidnapped as hos...
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Veteran character actor John Beasley dies at 79May 31, 2023 1:00 am - Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. - John Beasley, the veteran character actor who played a kindly school bus driver on the TV drama "Everwood" and appeared in dozens of films...
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Tina Turner, superstar whose hits included 'What's Love Got to Do With It,' dead at 83
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Remembering Tina Turner, 1939-2023May 24, 2023 1:00 am - Music icon Tina Turner has died at 83. ...
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Actor Ray Stevenson, of 'Rome' and 'Thor' movies, dies at 58
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'We lost a great leader': Hoffman Estates mourns death of Trustee Michael GaetaMay 22, 2023 1:00 am - Michael Gaeta, a Hoffman Estates village trustee for the past decade, has died at the age of 86, his fellow village officials announced Monday. Gaeta had been attending ...
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Jim Brown, all-time NFL great and social activist, dead at 87
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Sam Zell, billionaire Chicago real estate investor, dies
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Former South Barrington Trustee Rosanne Plencner has diedMay 02, 2023 1:00 am - A former South Barrington trustee who served during parts of three decades has died. Rosanne Therese Plencner, 87, passed April 27 in Florida, where she had lived since ...