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Widow of pioneer winemaker Robert Mondavi dies at 91

The Associated Press
Sep 03, 2016 7:00 am - NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Margrit Biever Mondavi, the widow of California wine pioneer Robert G. Mondavi who served as the company's cultural affairs director for decades, has...
Former CFL pioneer Norman Kwong dies at 86

The Associated Press
Sep 03, 2016 7:00 am - CALGARY, Alberta (AP) - Norman Kwong, the first Chinese Canadian player in the Canadian Football League who later served as Alberta's lieutenant governor, died Saturday....
Widow of pioneer winemaker Robert Mondavi dies at 91

The Associated Press
Sep 02, 2016 7:00 am - NAPA, Calif. (AP) - Margrit Biever Mondavi, the widow of California wine pioneer Robert G. Mondavi who served as the company's cultural affairs director for decades, has...
Jon Polito, prolific character actor, dead at 65.

By The Associated Press
Sep 02, 2016 7:00 am - Jon Polito, the prolific and raspy-voiced character actor whose more than 200 credits ranged from "Homicide: Life on the Street" and "Modern Family" to the Coen Brother ...
Fred Hellerman, member of Weavers folk group, dies at 89

The Associated Press
Sep 02, 2016 7:00 am - WESTON, Conn. (AP) - Fred Hellerman, a founding member of the influential folk music quartet the Weavers, has died. He was 89. Hellerman died Thursday at his home in Wes...
Rockford bishop emeritus Thomas Doran dies

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Sep 02, 2016 1:00 am - The Rev. Thomas G. Doran, bishop emeritus of the Rockford Diocese, died Thursday at his residence. He was 80. Those who knew him remember Doran as a tremendous teacher, ...
Dr. Joy Browne, popular radio psychologist, dead at 71

The Associated Press
Sep 01, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dr. Joy Browne, the syndicated radio and television psychologist whose upbeat and approachable style made her a favorite for nearly four decades, has die...
Wheeling bicycling legend Phyllis Harmon dies at age 99

By Melissa Silverberg
Sep 01, 2016 5:30 am - Phyllis Harmon, whom some referred to as the "Grand Dame of Bicycling," died last week at the age of 99. Harmon was inducted into the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2009...
Vera Caslavska, Czech gymnastics great, dies at 74

By KAREL JANICEK
Aug 31, 2016 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - Vera Caslavska, a seven-time Olympic gymnastics gold medalist who stood up against the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia, has died. She was 74. Th...
Nobel Prize winner Roger Tsien dies; helped track cells

The Associated Press
Aug 31, 2016 7:00 am - SAN DIEGO (AP) - Roger Tsien, a University of California, San Diego professor who shared the 2008 Nobel Prize in chemistry for helping develop fluorescent markers that c...

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