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Oscar-winning film editor Thomas Stanford dies at 93

The Associated Press
Dec 29, 2017 6:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Thomas Stanford, who was known for his award-winning editing work on "West Side Story," has died. He was 93. His family says in a newspaper announc...
Holland, psychiatrist who helped cancer patients cope, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2017 6:00 am - SCARSDALE, N.Y. (AP) - A psychiatrist who pioneered the field of psycho-oncology to help patients cope with the emotional impact of cancer has died. Dr. Jimmie Coker Hol...
Actress Rose Marie of 'Dick Van Dyke Show' fame dies at 94

By LYNN ELBER
Dec 28, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rose Marie, the wisecracking Sally Rogers of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and a show business lifer who began as a bobbed-hair child star in vaudeville an...
These suburban men killed in Vietnam have no photos for the 'Wall of Faces'

By Katlyn Smith
Dec 28, 2017 4:00 am - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is looking for photos of these suburban men killed in Vietnam for its "Wall of Faces," a digital roster of images that show the human ...
Why group wants photos of every service member killed in Vietnam

By Katlyn Smith
Dec 28, 2017 4:00 am - YouTube The son of an Elmhurst native, Johnson was mortally wounded in 2012 by an improvised explosive device in one of the country's most dangerous regions. Images of J...
One month after dropping puck at Blackhawks game, Mount Prospect 10-year-old dies

By Doug T. Graham
Dec 28, 2017 12:00 am - Less than one month after dropping the puck with Eddie Olczyk at the Blackhawks' "Hockey Fights Cancer" night, Lauren Graver, a 10-year-old Mount Prospect girl, died fro...
Jack Van Berg, Hall of Famer who trained Alysheba, dies

By BETH HARRIS
Dec 27, 2017 6:00 am - Jack Van Berg, a Hall of Fame trainer who oversaw Alysheba to victories in the 1987 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, died Wednesday. He was 81. He died in a Little Rock, Ar...
Connecticut news radio veteran Fran Schneidau dies at 79

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2017 6:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A longtime WCBS radio reporter whose distinctive voice could be heard delivering Connecticut news for 39 years has died. Fran Schneidau had retire...
Longtime contributors Northwest suburbs lost in 2017

By Eric Peterson
Dec 27, 2017 4:00 am - The Northwest suburbs lost several valuable and long-serving contributors to their respective communities during 2017, not least of whom was Bartlett Village Trustee T.L...
Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2017

By BERNARD McGHEE Associated Press
Dec 27, 2017 12:00 am - They made music that inspired legions of fans. Rock 'n' roll founding fathers Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, rockers Tom Petty and Greg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, ...

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