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Buffalo Grove's 'voice of the residents' dies at 73

By Eileen O. Daday
Sep 25, 2019 1:00 am - The longest-serving trustee in the history of Buffalo Grove, who lent his financial expertise during a time of exponential growth for the village, has died. John Marient...
A Alvarez, poetry critic and best-selling author, dead at 90

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 24, 2019 7:00 am - Alfred Alvarez, a critic and author with a non-literary streak who helped shape the modern poetry canon in his native England, explored everything from oil digging to po...
Robert Hunter, Grateful Dead's poetic lyricist, dead at 78

By JOHN ROGERS
Sep 24, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Robert Hunter, the man behind the poetic and mystical words for many of the Grateful Dead's finest songs, has died at age 78. Hunter died Monday at hi...
Sid Haig, who acted in 'House of 1000 Corpses," dies at 80

The Associated Press
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Sid Haig, the bearded character actor best known as Captain Spaulding in the "House of 1000 Corpses" trilogy, has died. Haig representative Kathleen Schu...
Jevan Snead, ex-Ole Miss quarterback, dies in Texas at 32

By JIM VERTUNO
Sep 23, 2019 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Jevan Snead went to Mississippi to rekindle a promising football career that had stalled at Texas. By the time he left the Rebels, with a year of el...
Television celebrity chef, restaurateur Carl Ruiz dies at 44

The Associated Press
Sep 22, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Television celebrity chef and restaurateur Carl Ruiz has died. He was 44. His New York City restaurant, La Cubana, confirmed his death in an Instagram po...
Sigmund Jaehn,1st German in space as 1970s cosmonaut, dies

The Associated Press
Sep 22, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Sigmund Jaehn, who became the first German in space at the height of the Cold War during the 1970s and was promoted as a hero by communist authorities in E...
Barron Hilton, hotel magnate and AFL founder, dies at 91

By STEFANIE DAZIO
Sep 21, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Barron Hilton, a hotel magnate who expanded his father's chain and became a founding owner in the American Football League, died Thursday at his Los A...
NYPD commander who took Son of Sam's confession dies at 99

By MICHAEL R. SISAK
Sep 20, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Keenan, the police official who led New York City's manhunt for the Son of Sam killer and eventually took a case-solving confession from David Berko...
'House Hunters' host Suzanne Whang dies at 57

The Associated Press
Sep 20, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Suzanne Whang, whose smooth, calm voice provided the narration for HGTV's "House Hunters" for years, has died. She was 57. Her Tuesday death was confi...

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