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Former SMU and NFL coach Ron Meyer dies at 76

By JIM VERTUNO
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Ron Meyer, the football coach behind SMU's powerhouse "Pony Express" teams who later called for a snowplow to clear a spot so the New England Patrio...
Rocker Hallyday idolized in native France, obscure elsewhere

By ELAINE GANLEY
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - When French TV crews descended on a Los Angeles hospital in 2009, American reporters didn't get it. Johnny Hallyday was hospitalized. Who's he? Only a rock ...
The Latest: EU lauds Hallyday as cultural bridge builder

The Associated Press
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - The Latest on the death of rock icon Johnny Hallyday (all times local): 12:40 p.m. A senior European Union official has lauded Johnny Hallyday as a cultural...
Rock icon Johnny Hallyday, known as French Elvis, dies at 74

By ELAINE GANLEY and ANGELA CHARLTON
Dec 06, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Johnny Hallyday, France's biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his...
Leader, servant of Bartlett, Hanover Twp. Bill Tiknis remembered

By Eric Peterson
Dec 06, 2017 12:00 am - The village of Bartlett and Hanover Township are remembering the late Bill Tiknis and the many contributions he made to the community as both leader and servant. The for...
Romania's ex-king Michael, who ruled during WWII, dies at 96

By ALISON MUTLER
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Former Romanian King Michael I, who was forced to abdicate by the communists in the aftermath of World War II, died on Tuesday. He was 96. Mich...
Rock icon Johnny Hallyday, known as French Elvis, dies at 74

By ELAINE GANLEY and ANGELA CHARLTON
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Johnny Hallyday, France's biggest rock star for more than half a century and an icon who packed sports stadiums and all but lit up the Eiffel Tower with his...
Model in Britain's sex-and-spy Profumo scandal dies at 75

By GREGORY KATZ and JILL LAWLESS
Dec 05, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Christine Keeler, the central figure in the sex-and-espionage Profumo scandal that rocked Cold War Britain, has died at 75. Her son, Seymour Platt, posted ...
Ex-Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president, dies

By SARA BURNETT
Dec 04, 2017 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former longtime Illinois Rep. John Anderson, who ran for president as an independent in 1980, has died at age 95. The World War II veteran and former pros...
Veteran Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor dies at age 79

The Associated Press
Dec 04, 2017 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Shashi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actor and producer from the 1970s and '80s, has died after a long illness. He was 79. A family member, Randhir Kapoor...

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