advertisement

Log Out

Obituaries

Olympic mile, 800-meter champion Peter Snell dead at 80

The Associated Press
Dec 13, 2019 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Three-time Olympic champion and world mile record-holder Peter Snell has died in Dallas. He was aged 80. Snell, who is regarded as one of ...
Blue-collar character actor Danny Aiello has died at age 86

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 13, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Danny Aiello, the blue-collar character actor whose long career playing tough guys included roles in 'œFort Apache, the Bronx,'ť "Moonstruck" and 'œOnce ...
'Captain Al' remembered for dedicated service to Elk Grove Village

By Eileen O. Daday
Dec 13, 2019 4:30 am - John "Al" Mergens, who helped lead the Elk Grove Village Fire Department from a volunteer force into a full-time, professional agency with multiple stations, has died. M...
Valerie Profit, founder of Schaumburg's Powerhouse Productions, dies

By Eric Peterson
Dec 13, 2019 12:00 am - Updated Dec. 14 to correct that services are on Sunday Valerie Profit, a 38-year Schaumburg resident who won the village's Volunteer of the Year award in 2008 for f...
Philip McKeon, "Tommy" on '80s sitcom "Alice," dies at 55

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2019 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Philip McKeon, who as a child actor was featured as the son of Linda Lavin's Alice Hyatt in the 1980s CBS situation comedy 'œAlice,'ť has died in Texas at ...
'The Long Good Friday' writer Barrie Keeffe dead at 74

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Barrie Keeffe, screenwriter of classic British gangster movie 'œThe Long Good Friday,'ť has died. He was 74. Keeffe's agent, Stephen Durbridge, said Keeffe...
Former Moscow mayor Yuri Luzhkov dies at 83

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2019 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - The former mayor of Moscow and one of the founders of Russia's ruling United Russia party, Yuri Luzhkov, has died at the age of 83. Russia's Ren TV channe...
Marie Fredriksson of Swedish pop duo Roxette dies at 61

The Associated Press
Dec 10, 2019 6:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Marie Fredriksson, the female half of the Swedish pop duo Roxette, has died at age 61, her management agency said Tuesday. Fredriksson formed Roxette wi...
Former Arlington Heights Mayor James T. Ryan, advocate for downtown growth, dies

By Christopher Placek
Dec 10, 2019 12:00 am - James T. Ryan, the former Arlington Heights mayor who helped shape redevelopment of the village's downtown in the 1970s and 1980s, has died. Ryan, 85, served as mayor fr...
George Laurer, inventor of ubiquitous UPC, dies at 94

The Associated Press
Dec 09, 2019 6:00 am - WENDELL, N.C. (AP) - George J. Laurer, whose invention of the Universal Product Code at IBM transformed retail and other industries around the world, has died. He was ...

Showing 2,611-2,620 of 7,441 previous next