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Notable deaths in the Fox Valley in 2019: Remembering many who made a difference

Daily Herald report
Dec 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...
Notable deaths 2019: Remembering many who made a difference in DuPage County

Daily Herald report
Dec 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...
Elizabeth Spencer, 'Light In the Piazza' author, dies at 98

By HILLEL ITALIE
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 ...
'Colors of the Mountain' author Da Chen dies at 57

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 24, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Da Chen, the brilliant storyteller who drew from the hardships he suffered as a persecuted child growing up in the midst of China's cultural revolutio...
Baba Ram Dass, spiritual guru and LSD proponent, dies at 88

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2019 6:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - Baba Ram Dass, the 1960s counterculture spiritual leader who experimented with LSD and traveled to India to find enlightenment, returning to share it wit...
Algeria's military chief Gaid Salah dies amid protest crisis

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2019 6:00 am - ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's powerful military chief Gen. Ahmed Gaid Salah, who was instrumental in pushing out the gas-rich country's long-serving president amid p...
Joseph Segel, QVC and Franklin Mint founder, dead at 88

The Associated Press
Dec 22, 2019 6:00 am - Joseph Segel, a 'œquintessential entrepreneur'ť who founded the home-shopping network QVC, has died, the company that owns the channel announced. He was 88. Segel died S...
French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro dies at 86

The Associated Press
Dec 22, 2019 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French fashion designer Emanuel Ungaro, who was known for his use of vibrant color, mixed prints and elegant draping, has died at the age of 86. Ungaro's de...
England's 1966 World Cup winner Martin Peters dies at age 76

By STEVE DOUGLAS
Dec 21, 2019 6:00 am - Martin Peters, whose place in English soccer lore was secured by scoring one of the national team's goals in its victory over West Germany in the 1966 World Cup final, d...
Acclaimed author and journalist Ward Just dead at 84

The Associated Press
Dec 20, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Ward Just, a highly regarded political and war correspondent for The Washington Post who later drew upon his experiences for such acclaimed novel as 'œAn...

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