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After blowing kiss to pictures of daughters, Arlington Heights woman dies at 110

By Chacour Koop
Jan 05, 2018 12:00 am - Lois Arbanas spent the final moments of her 110 years blowing a kiss at photos of her two daughters, a goodbye to what mattered the most during her life. Arbanas died a ...
Brave, compassionate Mount Prospect college student mourned

By Eric Peterson
Jan 05, 2018 12:00 am - Family and friends of 22-year-old Tim Gruensfelder of Mount Prospect are mourning the loss of an inspirational young man but giving thanks for the lifelong lessons he sh...
Longtime pastor left his mark at St. Matthew in Hawthorn Woods

By Mick Zawislak
Jan 05, 2018 12:00 am - Friends and parishioners are mourning the death of Rev. Harold Krueger, the pastor of St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Hawthorn Woods for 48 years who oversaw its transiti...
Ex-New Jersey Gov. Byrne, too ethical for mobsters, dies

By BRUCE SHIPKOWSKI
Jan 04, 2018 6:00 am - Former two-term Gov. Brendan Byrne, who mobsters said was too ethical to be bribed and who authorized the law permitting gambling in Atlantic City, has died at age 93. B...
German commando who led mission that ended 1977 hijack dies

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2018 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - The commander of a German paramilitary unit that ended the 1977 hijacking of a plane by Palestinian militants has died. Ulrich Wegener was the first comman...
Fred Bass, co-owner of beloved Strand bookstore, dead at 89

The Associated Press
Jan 03, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Fred Bass, who for decades ran the sprawling and beloved Strand bookstore that had the tag line "18 Miles of Books," died Wednesday at age 89. Bass died ...
Famed Muscle Shoals music producer Rick Hall dies at 85

By JAY REEVES
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) - Alabama record producer Rick Hall, who recorded some of the biggest musical acts of the 1960s and '70s and helped develop the fabled "Muscle Shoa...
Peggy Cummins, star of noir classic "Gun Crazy," dead at 92

The Associated Press
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Actress Peggy Cummins, who gave an indelible performance as the lethal, beret-wearing robber in the noir classic "Gun Crazy," has died. Cummins, who reti...
Peggy Cummins, star of noir classic "Gun Crazy," dead at 92

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 02, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Peggy Cummins, a Welsh-born stage and film actress who worked just a few years in Hollywood but left behind an indelible performance as the lethal, beret...
Brother-in-law of Martin Luther King Jr. dies at 83

The Associated Press
Dec 31, 2017 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - The brother-in-law of Martin Luther King Jr. and a founding member of The Martin Luther King Center for Nonviolent Social Change has died. Isaac Newton Fa...

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