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Former National League umpire Dutch Rennert dies at 88

The Associated Press
Jun 19, 2018 7:00 am - ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. (AP) - Dutch Rennert, a National League umpire from 1973 to 1992 who was known for his animated, booming strike calls, has died. He was 88. St. John'...
Bahr, last living member of team that upset England, is dead

By RONALD BLUM
Jun 18, 2018 7:00 am - When Walter Bahr walked off the field in Brazil after the famous United States victory over England at the 1950 World Cup, he didn't expect to become a soccer celebrity....
Veteran Chicago TV journalist Brackett dies after bicycle accident

Chicago Sun-Times
Jun 17, 2018 1:00 am - TV journalist Elizabeth Brackett, critically injured Wednesday in an apparent lakeshore bicycle accident, died Sunday at Stroger Hospital surrounded by family, WTTW anno...
Russian conductor Rozhdestvensky dies at 87

The Associated Press
Jun 16, 2018 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Noted Russian conductor Gennady Rozhdestvensky, who directed orchestras in Moscow, Stockholm, Vienna and London, has died at age 87. Moscow's Tchaikovsky C...
Hall of Fame coach and administrator C.M. Newton, 88, dies

By GARY B. GRAVES
Jun 16, 2018 7:00 am - Officials at Alabama and Kentucky say that Hall of Fame former administrator and basketball coach C.M. Newton has died. He was 88. The schools announced his death Monday...
Leslie Grantham, Dirty Den in 'EastEnders,' dies at 71

By JILL LAWLESS
Jun 15, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Actor Leslie Grantham, who became a British TV icon during the 1980s as arch-villain "Dirty" Den Watts on the soap opera "EastEnders," has died. He was 71....
Longtime Elvis Presley drummer D.J. Fontana has died

By ADRIAN SAINZ and HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 14, 2018 7:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - D.J. Fontana, a rock 'n' roll pioneer who rose from strip joints in his native Shreveport, Louisiana, to the heights of musical history as Elvis Pr...
Russian film director Stanislav Govorukhin dies at 82

The Associated Press
Jun 14, 2018 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Stanislav Govorukhin, a prominent Russian film director who made some of the nation's most iconic movies, has died. He was 82. President Vladimir Putin sen...
Longtime Philadelphia sports broadcaster Al Meltzer dies

The Associated Press
Jun 14, 2018 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A longtime Philadelphia sports broadcaster has died. Al Meltzer's family told WCAU-TV that he died Tuesday night, but a cause of death was not disclo...
Arlington Heights man's ashes will be part of his family's next Halloween display

By Burt Constable
Jun 13, 2018 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights man whose free and elaborate Halloween displays became an annual spooky tradition died Monday. Michael Podlin requested that his ashes be included i...

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