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Notable Fox Valley deaths in 2016

By Susan Sarkauskas
Dec 28, 2016 4:00 am - On May 12, Michael Szot told students at his old school, Geneva High, how one bad decision started him on a path that led to him causing the death of two friends. A mont...
'Growing Pains' star and TV host Alan Thicke dies at age 69

By FRAZIER MOORE
Dec 14, 2016 6:00 am - Alan Thicke, a versatile performer who gained his greatest renown as the beloved dad on a long-running sitcom, has died at age 69. Carleen Donovan, who is a publicist fo...
Award-winning novelist, Shirley Hazzard, has died at 85

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 13, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Shirley Hazzard, an award-winning novelist who wrote of love affairs disrupted and intensified by age, distance and war, has died at age 85. Hazzard had ...
Pearl Harbor survivor, greeter at memorial dies at age 99

The Associated Press
Dec 13, 2016 6:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - An Army veteran who survived the attack on Pearl Harbor that brought the U.S. into World War II has died at age 99. Herb Weatherwax greeted people severa...
'To Sir, With Love' author ER Braithwaite dead at 104

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 13, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - E.R. Braithwaite, the Guyanese author, educator and diplomat whose years teaching in the slums of London's East End inspired the international best-selle...
Singer Joe Ligon of gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy dies

The Associated Press
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. His manager, Isaac Lindsey, ...
Former Churchill Downs track president Steve Sexton dies

By BRUCE SCHREINER
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Former Churchill Downs track president Steve Sexton, who guided the home of the Kentucky Derby through its most ambitious renovation project, died...
Singer Joe Ligon of gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy dies

The Associated Press
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Singer Joe Ligon, the dynamic frontman of the Grammy-winning gospel group Mighty Clouds of Joy, has died. He was 80. His booking agent, Ricky DeR...
Prominent Syrian philosopher Sadiq Jalal al-Azm dies

The Associated Press
Dec 12, 2016 6:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - The son of prominent Syrian philosopher and intellectual Sadiq Jalal Al-Azm says his father has passed away in Germany after a long battle with brain cance...
Atheist, activist and aviator: remembering Rob Sherman

By Burt Constable
Dec 12, 2016 12:00 am - McHenry County authorities confirmed Monday that Robert I. Sherman - the famous and controversial atheist, activist, aviator and occasional political candidate - died wh...

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