Obituaries
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Philip Barry recalled for his volunteer work in Elk Grove VillageJul 09, 2018 1:00 am - "If you want it done right, ask Philip Barry to do it." That was the headline on a 2001 Daily Herald story about the Elk Grove Village volunteer extraordinaire. "Life is...
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Former UK, Celtics standout Frank Ramsey dies at 86
Jul 08, 2018 7:00 am - MADISONVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Frank Ramsey, an All-American at Kentucky and member of seven NBA championship teams with the Boston Celtics, died Sunday. He was 86. Ramsey's d...
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Former Gov. Ray, who helped relocate refugees to Iowa, dies
Jul 08, 2018 7:00 am - DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Former longtime Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray, who helped thousands of Vietnam War refugees relocate to the state and defined Iowa's Republican politic...
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NASA's Bradford Smith, tour guide for Voyager missions, dies
Jul 07, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bradford Smith, a NASA astronomer who acted as planetary tour guide to the public with his interpretations of stunning images beamed back from Voyager mi...
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Buffalo Grove High alum who died in Grand Canyon was on verge of attaining dreamJul 07, 2018 1:00 am - A colleague at Highland Park Hospital remembered 24-year-old Andrey Privin, who died Tuesday after a 500-foot fall at the Grand Canyon, as a young man with an infectious...
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Cardinal Tauran, who announced pope's election, dies at 75
Jul 06, 2018 7:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, the Vatican diplomat and expert in interfaith relations who announced the election of Pope Francis to the world in 2013 w...
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Steve Ditko, Spider-Man co-creator, dies at age 90
Jul 06, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Ditko, the Marvel Comics artist who gave the world the woven webs and soaring red-and-blue shape of Spider-Man and the other-worldly shimmer of Doc...
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Claude Lanzmann, director of 'Shoah,' dies at age 92
Jul 05, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French director Claude Lanzmann, whose 9ˆ½-hour masterpiece "Shoah" bore unflinching witness to the Holocaust through the testimonies of Jewish victims, Ger...
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Radio and television personality Ed Schultz dies at 64
Jul 05, 2018 7:00 am - FARGO, N.D. (AP) - Veteran broadcasting personality Ed Schultz, whose career took him from quarterbacking at a Minnesota college to national radio and television, includ...
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Motorsports matriarch Dee Ann Andretti dies at 76
Jul 04, 2018 7:00 am - Dee Ann Andretti, the wife of famed driver Mario Andretti and matriarch of one of the most prominent families in motorsports, has died. She was 76. Andretti died Tuesday...