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Glenn Snoddy, inventor of fuzz pedal for guitarists, dies

The Associated Press
May 26, 2018 7:00 am - MURFREESBORO, Tennessee (AP) - A recording engineer whose invention of a pedal that allowed guitarists to create a fuzzy, distorted sound most famously used by Keith Ric...
Muscle Shoals drummer Roger Clark dies at 67

The Associated Press
May 25, 2018 7:00 am - MUSCLE SHOALS, Ala. (AP) - Roger Clark, a drummer who contributed to the legendary Muscle Shoals sound, has died. The Times Daily reports that guitarist ...
Veteran publicist to the stars Paul Bloch dead at age 78

By The Associated Press
May 25, 2018 7:00 am - Paul Bloch, a veteran Hollywood publicist for Rogers & Cowan who counted John Travolta, Eddie Murphy and Tom Cruise among his clients in a career that spanned more than ...
Obituary: Tornado chaser wants ashes launched into a twister

The Associated Press
May 24, 2018 7:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - A Missouri storm chaser told friends in his obituary that he wants them to launch his ashes into a tornado, adding: "That'll be fun!!!!" Jim "Mad...
Judge who took part in storied undercover Chicago probe dies

The Associated Press
May 24, 2018 7:00 am - MARION, Ill. (AP) - A southern Illinois judge who went to Chicago for a temporary assignment and ended up helping convict dozens of judges, attorneys and police officers...
Prize-winning children's author Richard Peck dies at 84

The Associated Press
May 24, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Prize-winning children's author Richard Peck, who drew upon his Illinois roots for such favorites as "A Long Way from Chicago" and "A Year Down Yonder," ...
Hungarian runner and coach Laszlo Tabori dies at 86

By BETH HARRIS
May 24, 2018 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Laszlo Tabori, who in 1955 became the third man to break the four-minute barrier in the mile and later coached distance runners at the University of S...
Former Mundelein High trustee was passionate about education

By Russell Lissau
May 24, 2018 1:00 am - A former member of two Mundelein-area school boards is being remembered for her dedication to public service and her passion for education. Dawn Miller served on the Dia...
Philip Roth: a generation's defining voice

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 23, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In the self-imposed retirement of his final years, Philip Roth remained curious and removed from the world he had shocked and had shocked him in return. ...
Philip Roth, fearless and celebrated author, dies at 85

By HILLEL ITALIE
May 23, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Philip Roth, the prize-winning novelist and fearless narrator of sex, death, assimilation and fate, from the comic madness of "Portnoy's Complaint" to th...

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