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Alec McCowen, a West End and Broadway star, dies at 91

By JILL LAWLESS
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Alec McCowen, a West End and Broadway star who had global success with a one-man show about the life of Jesus, has died. He was 91. The actor's nephew, the...
Swede who made numbers and facts entertaining dies at 68

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - A Swedish foundation says Hans Rosling, a global health professor known for his ability to make numbers and facts entertaining, has died. He w...
British socialite Tara Palmer-Tomkinson found dead, aged 45

The Associated Press
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Tara Palmer-Tomkinson, former party girl and a god-daughter of Prince Charles, was found dead at her London home on Wednesday. She was 45. The prince said ...
First Navy SEAL to become admiral dies at 93

By JULIE WATSON
Feb 08, 2017 6:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Richard Lyon, the first Navy SEAL to rise to the rank of admiral, has died at 93. Lyon served four decades in the Navy, including World War II and the K...
West Dundee man killed in work accident remembered as role model

By Lauren Rohr
Feb 08, 2017 12:00 am - A week after Don Tentler died in a work accident at the Geneva Commons shopping center, his children are having difficulty processing the reality of what happened. Follo...
Irwin Corey, the king of comedic confusion, dies at 102

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Irwin Corey, the wild-haired comedian and actor known for his improvisational riffs and nonsensical style who billed himself as "The World's Foremost Aut...
Violinist Asmussen, 1 of Denmark's best known jazzmen, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Danish jazz violinist Svend Asmussen, who played with legends Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Toots Thielemans, has died. He wa...
Former New Zealand captain Steve Sumner dies at 61

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Steve Sumner, who captained the New Zealand football team that played at the 1982 World Cup after the longest qualifying campaign in the t...
'Battlestar Galactica' star Richard Hatch dies at 71

The Associated Press
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor Richard Hatch, perhaps best known for playing Captain Apollo in the original "Battlestar Galactica" film and TV series, has died. He was 71. A r...
Roger Walkowiak, 1956 Tour de France champ, dies at 89

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN
Feb 07, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Roger Walkowiak, who won the 1956 Tour de France against all odds after making the most of a long breakaway, has died at the age of 89. Walkowiak's wife tol...

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