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'8 Mile' director, Oscar-winning writer Curtis Hanson dies

By ANDREW DALTON
Sep 21, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Curtis Hanson, who won a screenwriting Oscar for "L.A. Confidential" and directed the psychological thriller "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" and Emin...
Ex-Nebraska Rep. Bill Barrett, who pushed farm issues, dies

By JOSH FUNK
Sep 21, 2016 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Longtime Nebraska politician Bill Barrett, who was known for seeking consensus and compromise while helping shape the nation's farm policy during his ...
Longtime Mundelein High teacher Jerri Craven dies

By Russell Lissau
Sep 21, 2016 1:00 am - A memorial service will be held Friday for longtime Mundelein High School teacher Jerri M. Craven, who died Monday at her Mundelein home. Craven, 55, had worked at Munde...
Longtime Prospect teacher was a 'glass half-full' guy

By Kerry Lester
Sep 19, 2016 1:00 am - Even after Randall Knudsen was diagnosed with Alzheimer's, his love of learning continued. The former English teacher and debate coach at Prospect High School pushed hi...
Owner of Arlington Heights barber shop dies in crash

By Erin Hegarty
Sep 19, 2016 1:00 am - The popular owner of a longtime Arlington Heights barber shop was killed Sunday when his motorcycle collided with a car near Rand Road and Winslowe Drive in Palatine. Co...
'Sound of Music' actress Charmian Carr dies at 73

By DERRIK J. LANG
Sep 18, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Charmian Carr, the actress best known for sweetly portraying the eldest von Trapp daughter in Rodgers & Hammerstein's "The Sound of Music," has died. ...
Novelist W.P. Kinsella, author of 'Shoeless Joe,' dies at 81

By JEREMY HAINSWORTH and ROB GILLIES
Sep 17, 2016 7:00 am - VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) - Canadian novelist W.P. Kinsella, who blended magical realism and baseball in the book that became the smash hit film "Field of Dreams,...
Famed Turkish actor Tarik Akan dies after cancer battle

The Associated Press
Sep 16, 2016 7:00 am - ISTANBUL (AP) - Tarik Akan, an acclaimed Turkish actor who earned accolades for the controversial 1982 film "Yol," has died after a brief battle with cancer. He was 66. ...
John Buzbee, a US diplomat who served in Mideast, dies at 50

The Associated Press
Sep 16, 2016 7:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - John Buzbee, a veteran Foreign Service officer who served across the Middle East, including two stints in Iraq after the 2003 U.S. invasion, has died f...
'Virginia Woolf' playwright Edward Albee dies at age 88

By MARK KENNEDY
Sep 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Three-time Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Edward Albee, who challenged theatrical convention in masterworks such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?" ...

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