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NASA astronaut, 1st to fly untethered in space, dies at 80

The Associated Press
Dec 22, 2017 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - NASA astronaut Bruce McCandless, the first person to fly freely and untethered in space, has died. He was 80. He was famously photographed in 1984 flying ...
Feder: A look back at Chicago media luminaries who died in 2017

By Robert Feder
Dec 22, 2017 12:00 am - Robert Feder looks back at Chicago media luminaries who left us in 2017. Go to robertfeder.com for the full report. ...
LeRoy Jolley, 2-time Ky Derby-winning trainer, dies at 79

By BETH HARRIS
Dec 21, 2017 6:00 am - LeRoy Jolley, a Hall of Fame trainer who twice won the Kentucky Derby and was involved in one of thoroughbred racing's most famous match races that ended in tragedy, has...
Clifford Irving, Howard Hughes prankster, has died at 87

By JENNIFER KAY
Dec 21, 2017 6:00 am - MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Clifford Irving, whose scheme to publish a phony autobiography of billionaire Howard Hughes created a sensation in the 1970s and stands as one o...
Cardinal Law's legacy: a stain of scandal on the church

By RACHEL ZOLL
Dec 20, 2017 6:00 am - When the clergy sex abuse scandal erupted in Boston in 2002, Cardinal Bernard Law had every reason to think he would survive. Law had a place among the powerbrokers of t...
The Latest: Cardinal Law's successor dodges heaven question

The Associated Press
Dec 20, 2017 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - The Latest on the death of Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston who was a central figure in the clergy sex abuse scandal. (all t...
Cardinal Law, disgraced figure in church scandal, dead at 86

By RACHEL ZOLL and NICOLE WINFIELD
Dec 20, 2017 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failure to stop child molesters in the priesthood triggered the worst crisis in...
Kansas City jazz singer Kevin Mahogany dies

The Associated Press
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Jazz singer Kevin Mahogany, renowned for his broad baritone voice, has died at age 59. Mahogany's sister, Carmen Julious, told KCUR-FM Radio that...
Sword-swallower who once ran museum called Freakatorium dies

The Associated Press
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Johnny Fox, a sword-swallowing magician who presented his quirky art form to enthusiastic audiences around the world, has died. The 64-year-old had been ...
Longtime local official, widow of heavyweight champion, dies

The Associated Press
Dec 19, 2017 6:00 am - CAMDEN, N.J. (AP) - A longtime county official in New Jersey who was the widow of former world heavyweight boxing champion Jersey Joe Walcott has died. Riletta Cream was...

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