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Bob Givens, veteran animator of Bugs Bunny, dead at 99

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - The animator who helped design Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd has died. Bob Givens was 99 years old. Daughter Mariana Givens says her father died Dec. 14 i...
Matt Damon's father dies of cancer at 74; had blood disease

The Associated Press
Dec 23, 2017 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Matt Damon's father has died in Massachusetts at age 74 after a long battle with cancer. Damon publicist Jennifer Allen says Kent Damon died on Dec. 14. Sh...
Longtime sportscaster Dick Enberg found dead at home at 82

By BERNIE WILSON
Dec 22, 2017 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Dick Enberg, a Hall of Fame broadcaster known as much for his excited calls of "Oh my!" as the big events he covered during a 60-year career, has died. ...
Dick Enberg, known for 'Oh my!' catchphrase, dies at 82

By BERNIE WILSON
Dec 22, 2017 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Through six decades, whether it was broadcasting one of John Wooden's basketball championships with UCLA, a no-hitter by Nolan Ryan or a dramatic point ...
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...

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