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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...
Warrenville woman rememebered for saving horses

By Elena Ferrarin
Jun 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...
Former Colgate TB Jordan Scott dies at 31

The Associated Press
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...
WWII Navajo Code Talker Samuel Tom Holiday dies at age 94

The Associated Press
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...
Doors biographer Jerry Hopkins dead at 82

The Associated Press
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....
Neal Boyd, one-Time 'America's Got Talent' winner, dies

The Associated Press
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 ...
Dorothy Cotton, civil rights pioneer and MLK colleague, dies

By JEFF MARTIN
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 ...
'A legend of Mount Prospect': Blind roller derby champion Sammy Skobel dies at 92

By Chacour Koop
Jun 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...
Brazilian tennis great Maria Bueno dies after cancer battle

By STAN LEHMAN and MAURICIO SAVARESE
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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