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Clarence M. Ditlow III, long-time auto safety advocate, dies

The Associated Press
Nov 11, 2016 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Clarence M. Ditlow III, the executive director of the Center for Auto Safety whose work over four decades forced the auto industry to make important sa...
Italian oncologist seen as a father of cancer research dies

The Associated Press
Nov 09, 2016 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Umberto Veronesi, an Italian oncologist, former health minister and senator widely respected for his work on preventing and treating breast cancer, has died...
Remembering 'Mr. Batavia,' Bob Popeck

By Susan Sarkauskas
Nov 09, 2016 12:00 am - Bob Popeck was "a kind of Mr. Batavia," according to Mayor Jeff Schielke. Although Popeck wasn't born there - he came from Cicero at age 12 - he quickly came to love the...
Buffalo Grove's Bill Brimm recalled as 'glue that held the village together'

By Eileen O. Daday
Nov 09, 2016 12:00 am - The former village manager of Buffalo Grove, described by one colleague as being the "glue that held the village together," died unexpectedly on Tuesday. Bill Brimm serv...
Keeneland bugler George 'Bucky' Sallee dies at age 87

The Associated Press
Nov 08, 2016 6:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - George "Bucky" Sallee, who bugled horses to the post at Keeneland for more than 50 years, has died. He was 87. Sallee's wife of 38 years, Barbara C...
Janet Reno, former US attorney general, dies at age 78

By CURT ANDERSON
Nov 07, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Shy and admittedly awkward, Janet Reno became a blunt prosecutor and the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general and was also the epicenter of a relen...
Janet Reno, former US attorney general, dies at age 78

By CURT ANDERSON
Nov 07, 2016 6:00 am - MIAMI (AP) - Janet Reno, who was the first woman to serve as U.S. attorney general but also became the epicenter of multiple political storms during the Clinton administ...
Hungarian pianist and conductor Zoltan Kocsis dies at age 64

By PABLO GORONDI
Nov 06, 2016 6:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Zoltan Kocsis, a famed pianist and conductor and musical director of the Hungarian National Philharmonic Orchestra, has died at age 64. The Phil...
Morris Taft, who helped UCLA to 1st NCAA Tourney win, dies

The Associated Press
Nov 06, 2016 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Morris Taft, a guard under coach John Wooden at UCLA from 1954-56 who helped the Bruins win their first NCAA Tournament game, has died. He was 84. The...
Electronic music pioneer Jean-Jacques Perrey dies at 87

The Associated Press
Nov 05, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Jean-Jacques Perrey, the French composer and pioneer of electronic pop music who was best known for co-writing "Baroque Hoedown" used as the...

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