Obituaries
-
Former Iowa athletic director Bump Elliott dies at 94
Dec 08, 2019 6:00 am - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Former University of Iowa athletic director Bump Elliott has died, the university announced. He was 94. Elliott died Saturday, according to a stat...
-
Piero Terracina, Rome Jew who survived Nazi death camp, dies
Dec 08, 2019 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Piero Terracina, described as the last survivor among the Roman Jews who were deported from the Italian capital to Nazi death camps during World War II, has ...
-
'Benson,' 'Star Trek' actor René Auberjonois has died at 79Dec 08, 2019 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Ren#xe9; Auberjonois, a prolific actor best known for his roles on the television shows "Benson" and "Star Trek: Deep Space Nine" and his part in the 1970 ...
-
Veteran producer of 'WarGames,' 'Blue Bloods" dies at 85
Dec 06, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonard Goldberg, a network and studio executive and producer whose TV credits ranged from 'œStarsky and Hutch'ť in the 1970s to the current drama ser...
-
Actor Ron Leibman dead at 82
Dec 06, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actor Ron Leibman, who appeared in movies, theater and television in a career that spanned six decades and won a Tony award for Tony Kushner's iconic pla...
-
Wheaton's first female mayor remembered as fearless trailblazerDec 06, 2019 12:00 am - Two years before she became Wheaton's first female mayor in 1969, Marget "Margy" Hamilton viewed another watershed moment as one of her signature achievements. At the en...
-
Veteran producer of 'WarGames,' 'Blue Bloods," dies at 85
Dec 05, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Leonard Goldberg, a network and studio executive and producer whose TV credits ranged from 'œStarsky and Hutch'ť in the 1970s to the current drama ser...
-
Former England cricket captain Bob Willis dies at 70
Dec 04, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Bob Willis, a former England cricket captain and fast bowler, has died. He was 70. Willis died after a long illness, his family said in a statement, callin...
-
'Star Trek' writer, story editor DC Fontana dead at age 80
Dec 04, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - D.C. Fontana, a writer and story editor for the original 'œStar Trek'ť television series and later a contributor to 'œStar Trek: The Next Generation" and...
-
Arlington Heights police mourn 'good guy who left us too soon'Dec 04, 2019 12:00 am - Police in Arlington Heights and across the Northwest suburbs are mourning the sudden loss of a recently retired law enforcement leader who's being remembered as "one of ...