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Famed Texas heart surgeon Denton Cooley died at 96

By JUAN A. LOZANO
Nov 18, 2016 6:00 am - HOUSTON (AP) - Dr. Denton Cooley, the cardiovascular surgeon who performed some of the nation's first heart transplants and implanted the world's first artificial heart,...
Mentor Williams, 'Drift Away' songwriter, dead at 70

By MARY HUDETZ
Nov 18, 2016 6:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Mentor Williams, the award-winning songwriter behind the 1970s hit "Drift Away," which became a soulful rock n' roll anthem aired on radio stati...
Journalist and author Ruth Gruber dies in NY at age 105

By DEEPTI HAJELA
Nov 17, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - When Ruth Gruber saw a report during World War II that 1,000 Jewish refugees were being brought to the United States, she rushed straight to her job with...
Richard Lundberg, former rector at Arlington Heights church, dies at 91

By Eileen O. Daday
Nov 17, 2016 12:00 am - The Rev. Richard Lundberg, who successfully led a capital campaign that changed the footprint and reach of St. Simon Episcopal Church in Arlington Heights, has died. Lun...
Priest who served in Des Plaines, Buffalo Grove and Wauconda dies at 64

By Eileen O. Daday
Nov 17, 2016 12:00 am - Catholic parishes across Cook and Lake counties are mourning the loss of a beloved pastor, the Rev. Patrick Cecil, who died Monday. He served the Archdiocese of Chicago ...
Former Archer Daniels Midland CEO Dwayne Andreas dead at 98

By DAVID MERCER
Nov 16, 2016 6:00 am - CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) - Dwayne Andreas, the farmer's son and college dropout who turned the grain-processing company Archer Daniels Midland into "the supermarket to the w...
Melvin Laird, Vietnam War defense secretary, dies at 94

By SCOTT BAUER
Nov 16, 2016 6:00 am - MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Melvin Laird, a former Wisconsin congressman and U.S. defense secretary during years when President Nixon struggled to find a way to withdraw troops...
Leon Billings, key author of laws on clean air, water dies

By MATTHEW DALY
Nov 16, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Leon G. Billings, a former aide to Maine Sen. Edmund Muskie and a key author of the Clean Air Act and other landmark environmental laws, has died. Bill...
Students honor teacher who died at Buffalo Grove HS

By Christopher Placek
Nov 16, 2016 12:00 am - Buffalo Grove High School students are finding ways to honor teacher Stephanie Ramos, who collapsed and died in the school building Monday. BG Gives Back, a student-led ...
Mose Allison, jazz-blues musician, dead at 89

By MESFIN FEKADU
Nov 15, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Mose Allison, a pianist and singer whose witty, southern-accented lyrics delivered over a backdrop of boogie-woogie blues and jazz piano won fans and inf...

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