Obituaries
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Ray Christensen, voice of the Gophers, dies at 92
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Ray Christensen, who did play-by-play for the Minnesota Gophers for 50 years, has died at age 92. Christensen's son, Jim, said his father died Sunday ...
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Springboks World Cup winner Van der Westhuizen dies at 45
Feb 06, 2017 6:00 am - Joost van der Westhuizen, who won the 1995 World Cup with South Africa as Nelson Mandela looked on, has died after a six-year-battle with motor neuron disease. He was 45...
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Former fire chief remembered as Glen Ellyn 'royalty'Feb 04, 2017 12:00 am - Village President Alex Demos considered Stuart Stone his mentor and "as close to royalty as Glen Ellyn ever had." But whenever he told him as much, Stone would dismiss s...
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Okano, Japan's organizer of 2002 World Cup, dies at 85
Feb 03, 2017 6:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - The soccer official who led Japan's organizing committee of the 2002 World Cup has died. Shun-Ichiro Okano was 85. Japan's soccer federation announced on Fr...
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Mexican bakery magnate Lorenzo Servitje dies at 98
Feb 03, 2017 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Mexican bakery magnate Lorenzo Servitje has died at the age of 98 after building his Grupo Bimbo into an international snack and baked-goods empire th...
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Ex-Wisconsin hockey coach Jeff Sauer dies; won 2 NCAA titles
Feb 02, 2017 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Jeff Sauer, who led Wisconsin to two men's hockey NCAA titles, has died. He was 73. Friend Bill Brophy says Sauer died Thursday at University Hospit...
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Bobby Watson, part of Kentucky's 1951 NCAA title team, dies
Feb 02, 2017 6:00 am - OWENSBORO, Ky. (AP) - Bobby Watson, a key player on Kentucky's 1951 NCAA championship team who also coached Owensboro High School to two state titles, has died. He was 8...
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Stranded by flat tire, Marta Becket made the desert dance
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - CARSON CITY, Nevada (AP) - A ballerina who drew audiences from around the world to an abandoned Mojave Desert stage she adopted after being stranded there by a flat tire...
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Actor Frank Pellegrino of 'The Sopranos' dies at 72
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Former "Sopranos" cast member and New York restaurateur Frank Pellegrino has died. Pellegrino died Tuesday in New York of lung cancer, according to publi...
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Spokesman: Congolese opposition leader Tshisekedi dies at 84
Feb 01, 2017 6:00 am - KINSHASA, Congo (AP) - Congo's opposition icon Etienne Tshisekedi, who pushed for democratic reforms for decades in the vast Central African nation throughout dictatorsh...