Obituaries
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B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70
Feb 24, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Barbara 'œB.'ť Smith, one of the nation's top black models who went on to open restaurants, launch a successful home products line and write cookbooks, h...
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Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies
Feb 24, 2020 6:00 am - Katherine Johnson, a mathematician who calculated rocket trajectories and earth orbits for NASA's early space missions and was later portrayed in the 2016 hit film 'œHid...
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Jeanne Evert, former tennis pro and sister of Chris, dies
Feb 24, 2020 6:00 am - DELRAY BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Jeanne Evert Dubin, a former world-ranked tennis player and a younger sister of 18-time Grand Slam champion Chris Evert, has died. She was 62. ...
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Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Lisel Mueller, who wrote from Lake County, dies
Feb 22, 2020 12:00 am - Lisel Mueller fled Germany at 15 and came to America, where she wrote in her poem "Curriculum Vitae": "In the new language everyone spoke too fast. Eventually I caught u...
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Hair Club for Men founder -- and client - Sy Sperling dies
Feb 20, 2020 6:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Hair Club for Men founder Sy Sperling, famous for the TV commercials where he proclaimed 'œI'm not only the Hair Club president but I'm also...
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Longtime NFL, college assistant Dan Radakovich dies at 84
Feb 20, 2020 6:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Dan Radakovich, who starred as a linebacker at Penn State in the 1950s before winning two Super Bowls as an assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers in t...
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Computer scientist who pioneered 'copy' and 'paste' has died
Feb 20, 2020 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Larry Tesler, the Silicon Valley pioneer who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as 'œcut,'ť 'œcopy'ť and 'œpaste,'ť has died. He was 74. H...
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DuPage legal community mourns retired judge with 'tremendous empathy' for victims of crimeFeb 20, 2020 12:00 am - Remembered as compassionate hard worker, Wolfe dies at 60
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Feder: ABC 7's Bob Petty recalled as trailblazing journalistFeb 19, 2020 12:00 am - Colleagues are remembering Bob Petty as a pioneering African-American news anchor, reporter and public-affairs host at ABC-owned WLS-Channel 7 for more than three decade...
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'Good Times' Ja'Net DuBois dies; co-wrote 'Jeffersons' theme
Feb 18, 2020 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ja'Net DuBois, who played the vivacious neighbor Willona Woods on 'œGood Times'ť and composed and sang the theme song for 'œThe Jeffersons,'ť has died...