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Mount Prospect village clerk dies of cancer

By Melissa Silverberg
Oct 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...
Mystery writer Edward Gorman dies at 74

The Associated Press
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...
Winningest UConn hockey coach, Bruce Marshall, dies at 54

The Associated Press
Oct 16, 2016 7:00 am - STORRS, Conn. (AP) - The former longtime head coach of the Connecticut Huskies ice hockey team, who transitioned them to Division I status, has died. Bruce Marshall was ...
Fred Slaughter, who led UCLA to 1st NCAA hoops title, dies

The Associated Press
Oct 15, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Fred Slaughter, who helped UCLA win its first NCAA basketball championship as a senior under coach John Wooden in 1964, has died. He was 74. The schoo...
Thailand's revered king dies after 70 years on throne

By DENIS D. GRAY
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - BANGKOK (AP) - In an age when most of the world's blue bloods cut ribbons and meekly approved whatever their governments proposed, the 70-year reign of Thailand's King B...
Nobel laureate Dario Fo, who mocked politics, religion, dies

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and NICOLE WINFIELD
Oct 13, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian playwright Dario Fo, whose energetic mocking of Italian political life, social mores and religion won him praise, scorn and the Nobel Prize for Liter...
Patricia Barry, daytime TV and film actress, dies at 93

The Associated Press
Oct 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Patricia Barry, a mainstay of daytime television who appeared on "Days of Our Lives," ''Guiding Light" and "All My Children," has died. She was 93. Barry...
'Martin' actor Thomas Ford dies at age 52

By JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr.
Oct 12, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Thomas Ford, the actor who played Martin Lawrence's best friend Tommy Strawn on the hit '90s sitcom "Martin," died Wednesday in Atlanta. He was 52. The ac...
Former Round Lake village clerk was known for her kind demeanor

By Mick Zawislak
Oct 12, 2016 5:20 am - As a familiar presence in the Round Lake area, Lillian Mary Frost was known for her lively demeanor. "She was an amazing woman. Everything came from her heart," said Peg...
A founder of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups dies

By MARK KENNEDY
Oct 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joan Marie Johnson, one of the founding members of the New Orleans girl group The Dixie Cups, who had a No. 1 hit in 1964 with "Chapel of Love," has died...

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