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'Mississippi Burning' KKK leader Killen dies in prison at 92

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and REBECCA SANTANA
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, ...
Doreen Tracey, an original Disney Mouseketeer, dies at 74

By MARK KENNEDY
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Doreen Tracey, a former child star who played one of the original cute-as-a-button Mouseketeers on "The Mickey Mouse Club" in the 1950s, has died, accord...
Man convicted of 3 killing civil rights workers dies in jail

By EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS and REBECCA SANTANA
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Edgar Ray Killen, a 1960s Ku Klux Klan leader who was convicted decades later in the "Mississippi Burning" slayings of three civil rights workers, ...
John Tunney, ex-US senator from California, dies at 83

By ANDREW DALTON
Jan 12, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - John V. Tunney, whose successful campaign for a California seat in the U.S. Senate became the basis for the 1972 Robert Redford film "The Candidate," ...
Motorhead guitarist Fast Eddie Clarke dies at 67

The Associated Press
Jan 11, 2018 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British hard rock band Motorhead says former guitarist Edward "Fast Eddie" Clarke has died aged 67. Motorhead says on Facebook that Clarke died Wednesday i...
Longtime suburban youth sports official Thomas Toman dies at 77

By Doug T. Graham
Jan 11, 2018 12:00 am - Thomas Toman is being remembered for his long career as a suburban gym teacher and for his work officiating youth sports across northern Illinois for more than 40 years....
Arizona man turned camera on injustices of Native Americans

By FELICIA FONSECA
Jan 10, 2018 6:00 am - FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) - An Arizona man celebrated for the humanity that was showcased in his photographs of people across the Colorado Plateau and the world has died. Jo...
R&B singer-songwriter Denise LaSalle dies in Tennessee

The Associated Press
Jan 09, 2018 6:00 am - JACKSON, Tenn. (AP) - Singer and songwriter Denise LaSalle, whose hit "Trapped by a Thing Called Love" topped the R&B charts in 1971, has died. She was 78. Musician and ...
Olympic steeplechase champ Horace Ashenfelter III dies at 94

The Associated Press
Jan 08, 2018 6:00 am - WEST ORANGE, N.J. (AP) - Horace Ashenfelter III, who set a world record in winning the steeplechase at the 1952 Olympic Games, died Saturday in West Orange, New Jersey. ...
Former Lake County chief judge remembered as brilliant jurist, wonderful friend

By Lee Filas
Jan 08, 2018 12:00 am - Friends describe former Lake County Judge John T. Phillips as a wonderful friend and brilliant jurist with a compassionate heart. "He was such a true friend to everyone,...

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