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Serge Dassault, French aviation industrialist, dies at 93

The Associated Press
May 28, 2018 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French business executive Serge Dassault, a top aviation and arms industrialist and one of France's richest men, died Monday in his Paris office. He was 93....
New Zealand Olympic 5,000m silver medalist Quax dead at 70

The Associated Press
May 27, 2018 7:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - New Zealand runner Dick Quax died on Monday at the age of 70 after a long battle with cancer. Regarded as one of his country's greatest ru...
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...

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