Obituaries
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Wiesel wrote more than 40 books about Holocaust, his life
Jul 02, 2016 7:00 am - For more than a half-century, Elie Wiesel voiced his passionate beliefs to world leaders, celebrities and general audiences in the name of victims of violence and oppres...
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Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and author, dead at 87
Jul 02, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel, the Romanian-born Holocaust survivor whose classic "Night" became a landmark testament to the Nazis' crimes and launched Wies...
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Alvin Toffler, author of 'Future Shock,' dead at 87
Jun 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alvin Toffler, a guru of the post-industrial age whose million-selling "Future Shock" and other books anticipated the disruptions and transformations bro...
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Rob Wasserman, accomplished bass player, dead at 64
Jun 30, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rob Wasserman, a highly respected bass player and composer who performed and recorded with Lou Reed, Neil Young, Brian Wilson and many other musicians, h...
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Alvin Toffler, author of 'Future Shock,' dead at 87
Jun 29, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alvin Toffler, a guru of the post-industrial age whose million-selling "Future Shock" and other books anticipated the disruptions and transformations bro...
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Ex-Olympic short track champ killed in car crash: report
Jun 29, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - The Korea Skating Union says former Olympic short track speed skating champion Oh Se-jong has been killed in an accident earlier this week. He ...
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Carol Stream Park District remembers longest-serving board memberJun 29, 2016 1:00 am - You normally wouldn't take a stretch limo for a trip to the neighborhood recreation center. But this was no small occasion that Sunday afternoon, and the guest of honor...
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'Legendary' brother was global citizen, St. Viator's first presidentJun 29, 2016 1:00 am - A religious brother, who taught the world over but also served on the committee that planned St. Viator High School in Arlington Heights and later was the high school's ...
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Donations sought for drowned Waukegan boy's funeralJun 29, 2016 1:00 am - Family and friends of the 14-year-old Waukegan boy who drowned Friday at Waukegan Municipal Beach have raised more than $1,000 toward the cost of his funeral since Satur...
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Italian film comic Bud Spencer, the 'good giant,' dies at 86
Jun 28, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Bud Spencer, a burly comic actor dubbed the "good giant" for punching out bad guys on the screen, often in a long series of spaghetti westerns, has died in I...