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Liz Dawn, former 'Coronation Street' actress, dies aged 77

The Associated Press
Sep 26, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Liz Dawn, the actress who played tart-tongued Vera Duckworth in the British soap opera "Coronation Street" for more than 30 years, has died, her family sai...
Longtime Batavia school trustee Rosalie Jones Link dies

By Susan Sarkauskas
Sep 26, 2017 1:00 am - Rosalie Jones Link was passionate about educating the children of Batavia. So she spent many an evening sitting at the Batavia school board table, figuring out how to pr...
Jean Bowen a guiding light for students, staff in U-46

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Sep 26, 2017 1:00 am - "We are in the business of learning" - that served as the guiding principle of Jean Bowen's life. A tireless proponent for Elgin Area School District U-46, Bowen, 75, of...
Barbara Blaine, founder of abuse victims group SNAP, dies

The Associated Press
Sep 25, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Barbara Blaine, the founder and former president of the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, has died. She was 61. The organization known as SNAP...
Nurse convicted of killing 6 people at Indiana hospital dies

By TOM DAVIES
Sep 25, 2017 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Orville Lynn Majors, who was convicted of killing six people while he was a nurse at a rural Indiana hospital, has died while serving a 360-year sent...
US-based actor Jan Triska dies after fall from Prague bridge

The Associated Press
Sep 25, 2017 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Jan Triska, an actor who moved to the U.S. after being banned by the Czechoslovak Communist regime, has died, more than a day after he fell from Prague's i...
Soul singer Charles Bradley dead at 68

By The Associated Press
Sep 23, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Charles Bradley, known as the "Screaming Eagle of Soul" for a powerful, raspy style that evoked one of his musical heroes, James Brown, died Saturday at ...
Former leader of Muslim Brotherhood Mahdi Akef dies at 89

By MAGGIE MICHAEL
Sep 22, 2017 7:00 am - CAIRO (AP) - Former leader of Egypt's outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group Mahdi Akef, who had been detained since 2013, has died of complications from cancer and other hea...
Bernie Casey, pro football player turned actor, dies

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 21, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Bernie Casey, a professional football player turned poet, painter and actor known for parts in films such as "Revenge of the Nerds" and "I'm Gonna Git...
L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt dies at age 94

By SYLVIE CORBET
Sep 21, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Liliane Bettencourt, the L'Oreal cosmetics heiress and the world's richest woman, has died at her home in a chic Parisian suburb. She was 94. Bettencourt's ...

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