Obituaries
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Jack Shales, longtime Elgin community fundraiser, diesJan 27, 2018 12:00 am - The Elgin community is mourning the death of Jack Shales, a longtime leader who believed we are brought in to this world to aid other people. "You always have time to he...
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York High School celebrates the life of legendary coach Joe NewtonJan 27, 2018 12:00 am - Legendary York High School coach Joe Newton was someone the entire community respected and admired, school officials say. On Saturday afternoon, it seemed like the entir...
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Nepal mountaineering record keeper Hawley dies at age 94
Jan 26, 2018 6:00 am - KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Elizabeth Hawley, an American journalist who kept records of mountaineers on Nepal's highest peaks, died Friday. She was 94. Hawley had been livi...
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Dead Poets Society founder dies after ordering tombstone
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Romanian historian Neagu Djuvara dead at 101
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Food bank leader — mother of Sean Hayes — recalled for her dedicationJan 26, 2018 12:00 am - There's an image of Mary Hayes of Glen Ellyn driving around the suburbs in her white Nissan in the summer of 1999, trunk full of coolers, delivering sandwiches, milk and...
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Pianist entertained diners for 30 years in Arlington HeightsJan 26, 2018 12:00 am - For some three decades, the sound of Bob Mansfield's piano serenaded diners at the Palm Court restaurant in Arlington Heights. From Beethoven to Pink Floyd, Gershwin to ...
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Emmy-winning 'Roots' star Olivia Cole dies in Mexico at 75
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Actor Simon Barnes, Tinky Winky in 'Teletubbies', dies at 52
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Wrongfully convicted man dies 10 years after prison release