Obituaries
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Mettawa trustee remembered as 'humble man'Oct 22, 2016 1:00 am - Jess Ray knew exactly who to call to help him out of a jam after a night of heavy snow in Mettawa a few years ago. Ray's snowblower wasn't working, and his car was stuck...
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Drew Sharp, longtime Detroit sports columnist, dies at 56
Oct 21, 2016 7:00 am - DETROIT (AP) - The Detroit Free Press says sports columnist Drew Sharp has died. He was 56. The newspaper says Sharp died at his home Friday in Bloomfield Hills, a Detro...
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Seiji Hirao, key figure in Japanese rugby, dies at 53
Oct 20, 2016 7:00 am - TOKYO (AP) - Seiji Hirao, who played in three rugby world cups for Japan and was coach in another, has died. He was 53. Hirao died in hospital Thursday where he was bein...
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Former Florida men's basketball coach Tommy Bartlett dies
Oct 20, 2016 7:00 am - CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (AP) - Tommy Bartlett, who coached the Florida men's basketball team for seven seasons, has died. He was 88. Tom Tallent, the manager at Chattanooga F...
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Village clerk lived up to lofty Mount Prospect mottoOct 20, 2016 1:00 am - This story was updated Oct. 21 to correct the start of visitation on Saturday to 10 a.m. Mount Prospect's motto states that it is a place "where friendliness is a w...
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Ex-Leeds, Wales goalkeeper Gary Sprake dies at 71
Oct 19, 2016 7:00 am - LEEDS, England (AP) - Gary Sprake, the goalkeeper of the great Leeds United team under Don Revie in the late 1960 and early 1970s, has died. He was 71. Leeds announced t...
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Thom Jones, author of 'The Pugilist at Rest,' dies at 71
Oct 18, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Thom Jones, an acclaimed short-story writer who drew upon family tragedy and his own painful struggles for "The Pugilist At Rest" and other collections, ...
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Robert 'Big Sonny' Edwards, member of The Intruders, dies
Oct 18, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - An original member of the pioneering Philadelphia-based soul group The Intruders has died. Robert "Big Sonny" Edwards was 74. Edwards died Saturday a...
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Mount Prospect village clerk dies of cancerOct 17, 2016 1:00 am - Lisa Angell, Mount Prospect's village clerk and a village employee for the past 28 years, died Monday of pancreatic cancer. Angell, 62, was diagnosed about a year ago, b...
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Mystery writer Edward Gorman dies at 74
Oct 16, 2016 7:00 am - CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Mystery and crime fiction writer Edward Gorman has died. Gorman's publicist says he died Friday after a long battle with cancer. He was 74. Gor...