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B. Smith, model turned lifestyle guru, dead at 70

The Associated Press
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...
Pioneering black NASA mathematician Katherine Johnson dies

By BEN FINLEY
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...
Jeanne Evert, former tennis pro and sister of Chris, dies

The Associated Press
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. ...
Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Lisel Mueller, who wrote from Lake County, dies

By Maureen O'Donnell Chicago Sun-Times
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...
Hair Club for Men founder -- and client - Sy Sperling dies

By TERRY SPENCER
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...
Longtime NFL, college assistant Dan Radakovich dies at 84

The Associated Press
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...
Computer scientist who pioneered 'copy' and 'paste' has died

The Associated Press
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...
DuPage legal community mourns retired judge with 'tremendous empathy' for victims of crime

By Katlyn Smith
Feb 20, 2020 12:00 am - Remembered as compassionate hard worker, Wolfe dies at 60
Feder: ABC 7's Bob Petty recalled as trailblazing journalist

By Robert Feder
Feb 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...
'Good Times' Ja'Net DuBois dies; co-wrote 'Jeffersons' theme

The Associated Press
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...

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