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Bob Schiller, veteran 'I Love Lucy' writer, dies at 98

By FRAZIER MOORE
Oct 10, 2017 7:00 am - Bob Schiller, a comedy writer whose credits reach back to TV's infancy, including "I Love Lucy," and later, "Maude," ''All in the Family" and "The Carol Burnett Show," h...
Former Mount Prospect pastor left a lasting impression on his flock

By Steve Zalusky
Oct 10, 2017 1:00 am - Kris Zeile remembers her father, the Rev. Erhard Adolph (John) Zeile, as a shepherd of people. "He loved visiting people in hospitals. It wasn't like he went in and thre...
Jimmy Beaumont, co-writer of 'Since I Don't Have You,' dies

The Associated Press
Oct 09, 2017 7:00 am - MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) - Jimmy Beaumont, the lead singer of the doo-wop group the Skyliners and a co-writer of the iconic ballad "Since I Don't Have You," has died at age ...
French actor Jean Rochefort dies at 87

The Associated Press
Oct 09, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French actor Jean Rochefort, who starred in more than 100 movies over a half-century and was much loved by the French public, has died. He was 87. French cu...
'Bumfights' homeless actor Rufus Hannah dies at 63

By ROBERT JABLON
Oct 07, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rufus Hannah, a formerly homeless alcoholic who was paid to fight other homeless men and perform dangerous stunts in the notorious "Bumfights" videos,...
Taco Bell designer and ex-president Robert McKay dies at 86

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - TUSTIN, Calif. (AP) - Robert L. McKay, who designed the first Taco Bell restaurant and with founder Glen Bell turned it from a quirky food stand into a fast-food empire,...
Popular mayor of Amsterdam dies after battling lung cancer

By MIKE CORDER
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Eberhard van der Laan, the popular mayor of Amsterdam who ran the city with a firm hand and a compassionate touch, has died after a long ba...
Bunny Sigler, who helped create 1970s Philly Sound, dies

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Walter "Bunny" Sigler, a singer, songwriter and producer who helped create "The Sound of Philadelphia" in the 1970s, has died. His longtime attorney,...
Round-faced comic Ralphie May dies of cardiac arrest at 45

The Associated Press
Oct 06, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - A spokeswoman for Ralphie May says the comedian has died. He was 45. In a statement Friday, publicist Stacey Pokluda says May died of cardiac arrest. ...
Father of Aurora Christian student killed in crash: He is an exceptional son

By Susan Sarkauskas
Oct 06, 2017 1:00 am - The family of Nathanael "Nate" Kok, the Aurora Christian High School student killed in a car crash Tuesday, hopes Nate will still influence other students in coming year...

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