Obituaries
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Warrenville woman rememebered for saving horsesJun 13, 2018 1:00 am - A celebration of life will be held Saturday for Barbara Honeyman James, who is being remembered for her grit, positive attitude and efforts to rescue horses from slaught...
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Former Colgate TB Jordan Scott dies at 31
Jun 12, 2018 7:00 am - HAMILTON, N.Y. (AP) - Jordan Scott, the all-time leading rusher in Colgate history, has died while on vacation in Thailand. University officials confirmed the death Tues...
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WWII Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tom Holiday dies at age 94
Jun 12, 2018 7:00 am - ST. GEORGE, Utah (AP) - Samuel Tom Holiday, one of the last surviving Navajo Code Talkers, died in southern Utah Monday surrounded by family members who raised money thr...
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Doors biographer Jerry Hopkins dead at 82
Jun 12, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jerry Hopkins, a prolific music journalist who co-wrote a million-selling biography of the Doors that Oliver Stone adapted into a feature film, has died....
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Neal Boyd, one-Time 'America's Got Talent' winner, dies
Jun 11, 2018 7:00 am - SIKESTON, Mo. (AP) - Neal Boyd, an opera singer who won NBC's "America's Got Talent" and dabbled in Missouri politics, has died. Scott County Coroner Scott Amick says ...
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Dorothy Cotton, civil rights pioneer and MLK colleague, dies
Jun 11, 2018 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Dorothy Cotton, who worked closely with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., taught nonviolence to demonstrators before marches and sometimes calmed tensions ...
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'A legend of Mount Prospect': Blind roller derby champion Sammy Skobel dies at 92Jun 11, 2018 1:00 am - Sammy Skobel lost his eyesight in the beginning of his life. At the end, it was his memory. Yet neither setback stopped him from seizing on a life of love and family, ro...
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Brazilian tennis great Maria Bueno dies after cancer battle
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - Maria Bueno, a Brazilian tennis great who won three Wimbledon singles titles and four at the U.S. Open in the 1950s and 1960s, and helped usher in moder...
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Longtime CBS News correspondent Murray Fromson dies at 88
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Murray Fromson, a longtime CBS News correspondent and former Associated Press reporter, known for his work during the Korean and Vietnam wars, has die...
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Holocaust survivor Gena Turgel, consoler of Anne Frank, dies
Jun 09, 2018 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Gena Turgel, a Holocaust survivor who comforted Anne Frank at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp before the young diarist's death and the camp's liberati...