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Gloria Vanderbilt, heiress, jeans queen, dies at 95

By ULA ILNYTZKY
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Gloria Vanderbilt, the intrepid heiress, artist and romantic who began her extraordinary life as the "poor little rich girl" of the Great Depression, sur...
Alan Brinkley, scholar of liberalism, dead at 70

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 17, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alan Brinkley, an influential historian and academic who traced the evolution of liberalism from the New Deal to the 21st century and was a popular comme...
"Romeo and Juliet" director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96

By COLLEEN BARRY
Jun 15, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in ...
"Romeo and Juliet" director Franco Zeffirelli dies at 96

By COLLEEN BARRY
Jun 15, 2019 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian director Franco Zeffirelli, who delighted audiences around the world with his romantic vision and extravagant productions, most famously captured in ...
Slain Arlington Heights couple remembered for selfless, generous lives

By Eric Peterson
Jun 15, 2019 1:00 am - At their funeral Mass Saturday morning, a retired Arlington Heights couple whom authorities believe were murdered by their daughter a week earlier, were remembered for t...
Lew Klein, who helped create 'American Bandstand,' dies

By CHRISTINA PACIOLLA
Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Lew Klein, a broadcast pioneer who helped create "American Bandstand" and launched the careers of Dick Clark and Bob Saget, has died. He was 91. Klei...
Correction: Obit-Sylvia Miles story

The Associated Press
Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - In a story June 12 about the death of actress Sylvia Miles, The Associated Press reported incorrectly reported the actress' age and that she died in a...
Dog who got forever home thanks to a hospice dies of cancer

The Associated Press
Jun 13, 2019 7:00 am - CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. (AP) - A rescued English bulldog mix named Lola who got her forever home thanks to a New York hospice has died of cancer. Hospice Buffalo confirmed Lol...
Palatine man who died in Elgin motorcycle crash identified

By Elena Ferrarin
Jun 13, 2019 1:00 am - The Kane County coroner released the name of a man who died in a motorcycle crash Tuesday in Elgin. Piotr Klimczak, 49, of Palatine died from injuries sustained in the c...
Clarification: Obit-John Gunther Dean story

The Associated Press
Jun 12, 2019 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - In a June 11 obituary for U.S. diplomat John Gunther Dean, The Associated Press reported that Dean had been forced out of the State Department due to p...

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