Obituaries
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Former North Carolina US Sen. Kay Hagan dies at age 66
Oct 28, 2019 7:00 am - RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, who stepped away from a banking career to be a stay-at-home mom and then ventured into politics, died Monday after a pro...
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Arkansas lawmaker, civil rights attorney John Walker dies
Oct 28, 2019 7:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - John Walker, an Arkansas lawmaker and civil rights attorney who represented black students in a long-running court fight over the desegregation ...
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Roselle mourns longtime leader Joe DevlinOct 28, 2019 1:00 am - Joe Devlin was the kind of guy who cared about building sidewalks and paving streets and countless other public works projects. But mostly he cared about water. If you ...
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Paul Barrere, guitarist-singer for Little Feat, dies at 71
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Paul Barrere, guitarist and singer for the rock group Little Feat, has died. He was 71. Surviving members of the band announced Barrere's passing in a st...
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John Conyers, longest serving black congressman, dies at 90
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. John Conyers, one of the longest-serving members of Congress whose resolutely liberal stance on civil rights made him a political institu...
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Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish an Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating leader...
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Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish a new Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating mil...
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Three-term president of Hanover Park and founder of town's food pantry diesOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - Barone also founded village food pantry
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Hanni Lévy, who survived Holocaust in Berlin hideout, dies
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hanni Lévy, who survived the Holocaust hiding out in Berlin, has died. She was 95. Claus Raefle, a German movie director who knew Lévy, said Wednesday th...
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Former Ottawa player/coach George Brancato dies at 88
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - George Brancato, the former LSU two-way back who won Grey Cup titles with the Ottawa Rough Riders as a player, assistant coach and head coach, has...