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Texas' first black football letterman Whittier has died

By JIM VERTUNO
Sep 27, 2018 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Julius Whittier once remarked that attending the University of Texas and playing football opened up a larger world for him. It could be said Whittie...
Former Marshall quarterback Michael Payton dies

The Associated Press
Sep 27, 2018 7:00 am - HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former Marshall University quarterback who led the Herd to its first Division I-AA championship has died after a battle with cancer. Michael P...
Romanian ex-prison chief sentenced to 20 years dies in jail

ALISON MUTLER
Sep 26, 2018 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Ion Ficior, who was incarcerated for the deaths of 103 political inmates while in charge of a communist-era labor camp in Romania, has died. He...
Accidental fall claims life of former Arlington Heights resident

By Eileen O. Daday
Sep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Elizabeth Schoepke, a former Arlington Heights resident who came from a long line of production specialists at the Daily Herald, died earlier this month at just 40 years...
Engineer who helped shape the Northwest suburbs dies at 91

By Eileen O. Daday
Sep 25, 2018 1:00 am - A longtime Arlington Heights resident whose work as a civil engineer helped shape the Northwest suburbs has died. William Cadigan grew up on Chicago's South Side but spe...
Motorola executive known as 'The Wizard' was ahead of his time

By Steve Zalusky
Sep 23, 2018 1:00 am - When people trade photos and videos from their smartphones today, it is hard to remember a time when such pocket-size computers weren't used to transport huge chunks of ...
Shirley Day Smith, fixture among racing media, dies at 99

The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Shirley Day Smith, who spent more than 60 years as an assistant in the press office of the New York Racing Association and its predecessors, has died. Sh...
Felton Pruett dies; played steel guitar with Hank Williams

The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - SHREVEPORT, La. (AP) - A musician who played steel guitar with country legend Hank Williams on the Louisiana Hayride radio show, and broke his nose wrestling with Willia...
Vietnam's President Tran Dai Quang dies of illness at 61

The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, the country's No. 2 after the ruling Communist Party's leader, died Friday after a serious illness, the govern...
A dog's life: Uno, beagle who wowed Westminster, dies at 13

By BEN WALKER
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - Every dog might have its day, but not many ever had a night like this. Cheered on by a roaring, packed crowd at Madison Square Garden, the playful beagle responded like ...

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