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Reaction to the death of insult comedy legend Don Rickles

By The Associated Press
Apr 06, 2017 7:00 am - Reaction to the death of comedy legend Don Rickles: "He was the love of my life. Don Rickles is funnier right now in death than most comics are in life." - Chris Rock vi...
One of last surviving members of champion pro girls baseball team dies

<p>By Eileen O. Daday</p><p class="Byline attribution">Daily Herald correspondent</p>
Apr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Katharine "Kotch" Kowell was one of the last surviving members of the Parichy Bloomer Girls professional team that won the National Girls Baseball Championship in 1947 a...
Women's sports pioneer dies at age 91

By Eileen O. Daday
Apr 06, 2017 1:00 am - Katharine "Kotch" Kowell was one of the last surviving members of the Parichy Bloomer Girls professional team that won the National Girls Baseball Championship in 1947 a...
Don Rickles, king of insult comedy, dies at 90

By Lynn Elber Associated Press
Apr 05, 2017 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Don Rickles, the big-mouthed, bald-headed "Mr. Warmth" whose verbal assaults endeared him to audiences and peers and made him the acknowledged grandmaster ...
Woman who helped launch outdoor retailer REI dies at 107

The Associated Press
Apr 05, 2017 7:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Mary Anderson, a climbing enthusiast who helped start the outdoor retailer REI that has become the nation's largest consumer-owned retail cooperative, has...
Jim Martin's passion will never be forgotten in St. Charles

By James Fuller
Apr 05, 2017 1:00 am - Just having served with four different mayors is usually accomplishment enough for most local government political figures. But to hear St. Charles' top leaders describe...
Renowned Indian classical singer Kishori Amonkar dies at 84

The Associated Press
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Singer Kishori Amonkar, renowned for her innovative interpretation of classical Indian music, has died, one of her students said Tuesday. Amonkar, 84, d...
Philadelphia Ben Franklin reenactor Ralph Archbold, 75, dies

The Associated Press
Apr 04, 2017 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A popular reenactor who portrayed Benjamin Franklin in Philadelphia for more than 40 years and married a woman who portrays Betsy Ross has died. The ...
Elgin volunteer dies after long illness

By Elena Ferrarin
Apr 03, 2017 12:30 pm - Anthony Pedote, an active community volunteer who for years brought the community carnival to Elgin, died Sunday after a long illness. Pedote, 46, died at University of...
Roland founder, digital music pioneer Ikutaro Kakehashi dies

By YURI KAGEYAMA
Apr 03, 2017 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Ikutaro Kakehashi, the Japanese engineer who pioneered digital music and founded synthesizer giant Roland Corp., has died, his company ATV Corp. said Monday...

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