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Rudy Van Gelder, legendary jazz recording engineer, dies

By CHARLES J. GANS
Aug 28, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rudy Van Gelder, the audio engineer who helped shape the sound of modern jazz on thousands of recordings, including such timeless albums as John Coltrane...
Veteran Israeli politician Ben Eliezer dies aged 80

The Associated Press
Aug 28, 2016 7:00 am - JERUSALEM (AP) - Binyamin Ben Eliezer, a veteran Israeli politician who held several top government posts and often served as a bridge to the Arab world, died Sunday. He...
Juan Gabriel, Mexican superstar singer-songwriter, has died

By BERENICE BAUTISTA
Aug 28, 2016 7:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Juan Gabriel, a superstar Mexican songwriter and singer who was an icon in the Latin music world, died Sunday at his home in California at age 66, his...
Remembering the matriarch of West Chicago's Sonny Acres Farm

By Jessica Cilella
Aug 28, 2016 1:00 am - In her later years, Ramona Feltes often could be found sitting in her blue La-Z-Boy. From there she would gaze out a large window of the farmhouse her grandfather built ...
Max Ritvo, poet who chronicled cancer battle, dies at 25

By ROBERT JABLON
Aug 27, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Max Ritvo, a poet who chronicled his long battle with cancer in works that were both humorous and searing, has died. He was 25. Ritvo died Tuesday mor...
Actor Marvin Kaplan, a diner patron on 'Alice,' dead at 89

The Associated Press
Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Veteran actor Marvin Kaplan has died at 89. Best known for his recurring role on the long-running sitcom "Alice," Kaplan died Friday in Burbank, Californ...
Longtime Waterloo-Cedar Falls sportswriter dies in newsroom

The Associated Press
Aug 26, 2016 7:00 am - WATERLOO, Iowa (AP) - The Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier says its longtime sportswriter, Jim Sullivan, has died of an apparent heart attack just after completing work on t...
Designer Sonia Rykiel, known for a relaxed style, dies at 86

By ANGELA CHARLTON
Aug 25, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Sonia Rykiel, a French designer dubbed the "queen of knitwear" whose relaxed sweaters in berry-colored stripes and eye-popping motifs helped liberate women ...
Kenyan athletics head Kiplagat dies after a long illness

The Associated Press
Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - The suspended president of Athletics Kenya, Isaiah Kiplagat, has died after a long illness. He was 72. Track and field's world governing body, the ...
Former West German president Walter Scheel dies at 97

By GEIR MOULSON
Aug 24, 2016 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Walter Scheel, who helped shape West Germany's policy of reconciliation with the communist bloc as foreign minister and later served as his country's presi...

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