Obituaries
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Notable deaths in Lake County in 2019Dec 26, 2019 10:00 pm - We said goodbye to several notable Lake County residents in 2019. They left indelible marks on their communities through impressive accomplishments and dedicated public ...
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Longtime political writer William Greider dies at 83
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - William Greider, a longtime political writer for The Nation, Rolling Stone and The Washington Post, died Wednesday at the age of 83, according to his f...
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German opera singer, conductor Schreier dies at 84
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier, who won fame at the Salzburg festival and Milan's La Scala, has died in Dresden, Germany. He was 84....
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Russian theater director Volchek dies at 86
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Galina Volchek, a prominent Russian theater director and actress, has died. She was 86. Volchek died in Moscow on Thursday, Moscow's Sovremennik Theater sa...
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Ari Behn, Spacey accuser and ex of Norwegian princess, dies
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - Scandinavian writer Ari Behn - the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise and among the people who had accused actor Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct - died thi...
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Funeral Saturday for former Stevenson High School trusteeDec 26, 2019 12:00 am - A funeral will be held Saturday for a longtime Lake County resident who served on the Stevenson High School board and in many other community roles. Ellen M. Van Demerkt...
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Songwriter Allee Willis, who did "Friends" theme, dies
Dec 25, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Allee Willis, a songwriter whose work included the Broadway musical "The Color Purple" as well as the theme song from the TV show 'œFriends'ť and Eart...
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Notable deaths in the Fox Valley in 2019: Remembering many who made a differenceDec 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Even as we look toward the promise of 2020, we remember those we lost in the past year whose countless contributions helped make the Fox Valley a better place. There we...
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Notable deaths 2019: Remembering many who made a difference in DuPage CountyDec 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Even as we look toward the promise of 2020, we remember those we lost in the past year whose countless contributions helped make DuPage County become a better place. Ma...
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Elizabeth Spencer, 'Light In the Piazza' author, dies at 98
Dec 24, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Elizabeth Spencer, a grande dame of Southern literature who bravely navigated between the Jim Crow past and open-ended present in her novels and stories ...