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Hein Verbruggen, former cycling head, dies at 75

By RAF CASERT
Jun 14, 2017 7:00 am - BRUSSELS (AP) - Hein Verbruggen, the former president of the International Cycling Union who oversaw the worldwide spread of a sport often tainted by doping, has died. H...
CFL coaching great Don Matthews dies at age 77

The Associated Press
Jun 14, 2017 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Canadian Football Hall of Fame member Don Matthews, one of the CFL's most successful coaches, has died. He was 77. The Toronto Argonauts said Matthews die...
Batman forever: Original TV Batman Adam West dead at 88

By SANDY COHEN and KEITH RIDLER
Jun 11, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - "Batman" only aired for three seasons in the 1960s, but Adam West would remain associated with the role forever. "You get terrible typecast playing a ...
Celebrities react to the death of actor Adam West at 88

The Associated Press
Jun 10, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Celebrities react to the death of actor Adam West, who died late Friday at age 88. ___ "Stellar, exemplar, a king to the end. He was bright, witty and...
Adam West learned to embrace Batman role he couldn't shake

By KEITH RIDLER and SANDY COHEN
Jun 10, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Before Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney, Christian Bale and Ben Affleck donned Batman's cape in a stream of Hollywood blockbusters, there wa...
Adam West, who portrayed Batman in a 1960s TV series, has died at 88

Laurence Arnold Bloomberg
Jun 10, 2017 1:00 am - Adam West, an aspiring movie star who instead achieved worldwide fame as the tightly clad caped crusader “Batman” in the 1960s hit television series, has died. He was 88...
Glenne Headly, star of 'Dirty Rotten Scoundrels,' dead at 62

The Associated Press
Jun 09, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Glenne Headly, an early member of the acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company who went on to star in films and on TV, died Thursday night, according to her...
'Patton,' 'Towering Inferno' cinematographer dies at 94

By LINDSEY BAHR
Jun 09, 2017 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cinematographer Fred Koenekamp, who won an Oscar for the 1974 disaster epic "The Towering Inferno," has died. He was 94. A representative for the Amer...
District 214's Sandlund remembered as 'progressive' leader, 'music man'

By Eileen O. Daday
Jun 09, 2017 1:00 am - Exactly 50 years ago, Prospect High School band director Howard Sandlund led its marching band to an appearance in the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 67, the World's Fair in Mont...
Restaurateur-violinist who made dining musical dies at 76

The Associated Press
Jun 08, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Violinist and restaurant owner Henry Helyong Lee, whose now shuttered Korean restaurant in New Orleans was known for operatic waiters and performances...

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