Obituaries
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Iva Drapalova, former AP Prague correspondent, dies at 91
Jan 03, 2017 6:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Iva Drapalova, a former Associated Press correspondent in Prague who covered Czechoslovakia with courage for two decades following the 1968 Soviet-led inva...
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1st bishop indicted in US on sexual-abuse claim dies at 83
Jan 03, 2017 6:00 am - SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (AP) - Former Bishop Thomas Dupre, the first Roman Catholic bishop in the United States to be indicted on a sexual-abuse claim during the flood of abu...
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Veteran TV, stage director Jeffrey Hayden dies at 90
Jan 03, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jeffrey Hayden, who directed early live TV plays with stars including James Dean and who worked with wife Eva Marie Saint on screen and stage, has die...
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Willow Creek recalls founding member who shaped church's lookJan 03, 2017 12:00 am - A founding member of Willow Creek Community Church whose leadership and vision helped shape the footprint of its South Barrington campus and expansion into other suburbs...
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Hilarion Capucci, priest and Middle East activist, dies
Jan 02, 2017 6:00 am - VATICAN CITY (AP) - Monsignor Hilarion Capucci, who was a Greek Melkite Catholic archbishop in Jerusalem when Israel convicted him in 1976 of using his diplomatic status...
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Skier Jean Vuarnet, who struck gold with tuck position, dies
Jan 02, 2017 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Olympic skiing champion Jean Vuarnet, who helped pioneer the aerodynamic tuck position for downhill racers but suffered tragedy with the deaths of his wife ...
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John Berger, pioneering art critic and author, dies at 90
Jan 02, 2017 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Berger, the British art critic, intellectual and prodigious author whose pioneering 1972 book and the BBC series it spawned, "Ways of Seeing," redef...
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Co-founder of Toronto International Film Festival dies
Jan 02, 2017 6:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - A co-founder of the Toronto International Film Festival has died. Bill Marshall's family has issued a written statement saying he died in Toronto of a car...
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'M.A.S.H.' star William Christopher dies at 84
Jan 01, 2017 6:00 am - "M.A.S.H." star William Christopher has died. He was 84. Christopher's agent Robert Malcom said the actor died at 5:10 a.m. Saturday at his home in Pasadena, California....
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Remembering notable people who died this year in Lake CountyDec 28, 2016 4:00 am - We said goodbye to several notable Lake County residents in 2016. They left indelible marks on their communities through impressive accomplishments and dedicated public ...