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'Margaritaville' singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76

By MARK KENNEDY AP Entertainment Writer
Sep 02, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song "Margaritaville" and turned that celebrati...
'Everything was beautiful and dangerous and good': Emil Garippo, longtime Bloomingdale resident, dies at 100

By Susan Sarkauskas
Sep 01, 2023 1:00 am - This article has been updated to correct Emil Garippo's birth year. When Emil Garippo reflected on his life at a July ceremony honoring him, he said, "Everything wa...
Publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker has died

By FRAZIER MOORE AP Television Writer
Aug 26, 2023 1:00 am - A publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker, a household name for a half-century as host of "Truth or Consequences" and "The Price Is Right," has died at his home...
Former Kane Sheriff Ramsey remembered as soldier, teacher, deacon and family man

By Brenda Schory Shaw Local News Network
Aug 23, 2023 1:00 am - Former Kane County Sheriff Kenneth Ramsey, 75, who died Saturday, was a longtime lawman, soldier, teacher and, later in life, a deacon at Holy Cross Catholic Church in B...
Ron Cephas Jones, 'This Is Us' actor who won 2 Emmys, dies at 66

By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer
Aug 20, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ron Cephas Jones, a veteran stage actor who won two Emmy Awards for his role as a long-lost father who finds redemption on the NBC television drama series ...
'He truly lived his faith': Pastor of merged Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates parishes dies at 59

By Eric Peterson
Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - The life of the Rev. Michael Scherschel, pastor of the newly merged parishes of Saints Matthew and Hubert in Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates, was celebrated by Cardinal B...
Clarence Avant, 'Black Godfather' of entertainment and beyond, dies at 92

By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press
Aug 14, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many oth...
Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80

By HILLEL ITALIE Associated Press
Aug 09, 2023 1:00 am - Robbie Robertson, The Band's lead guitarist and songwriter who in such classics as "The Weight," "Up on Cripple Creek" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" mined an...
William Friedkin, who directed 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dies at 87

By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
Aug 07, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES — William Friedkin, the generation-defining director who brought a visceral realism to 1970s hits “The French Connection” and “The Exorcist” and was quickly ...
Angus Cloud, breakout star of 'Euphoria,' is dead at 25

Associated Press
Jul 31, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Angus Cloud, the actor who starred as the drug dealer Fezco "Fez" O'Neill on the HBO series "Euphoria," has died. He was 25. Cloud's publicist, Cait Bailey...

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