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Tim LaHaye, author of "Left Behind" end-times novels, dies

By RACHEL ZOLL
Jul 25, 2016 7:00 am - The Rev. Tim LaHaye, co-author of the "Left Behind" series, a multimillion-selling literary juggernaut that brought end-times prophecy into mainstream bookstores, died M...
Tim LaHaye, author of 'Left Behind' end times novels, dies

By The Associated Press
Jul 25, 2016 7:00 am - The author of the best-selling "Left Behind" novels about the return of Jesus and the rapture has died. A publicist for the Rev. Tim LaHaye says the novelist died Monday...
Des Plaines chamber leader remembered as “all around a great lady”

By Melissa Silverberg
Jul 25, 2016 1:00 am - Family and colleagues are remembering Barbara Ryan as a dedicated and loving woman who gave her all to help the Des Plaines business community succeed. Ryan, 68, died Sa...
Swedish ex-prime minister Thorbjorn Falldin dead at 90

By MALIN RISING
Jul 24, 2016 7:00 am - STOCKHOLM (AP) - Thorbjorn Falldin, a pipe-smoking sheep farmer who became prime minister in Sweden's first non-Socialist government after World War II, has died at 90. ...
Ex-Lebanon hostage Thomas Sutherland dies in Colorado

The Associated Press
Jul 23, 2016 7:00 am - FORT COLLINS, Colo. (AP) - Thomas Sutherland, a teacher was held captive in Lebanon for more than six years until he was freed in 1991 and returned home to become profes...
Betsy Bloomingdale, Reagan friend and philanthropist, dies

By ROBERT JABLON
Jul 22, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Betsy Bloomingdale, a department store heir's widow who hobnobbed with the world's elite, epitomized high fashion and was best friends with former fir...
Betsy Bloomingdale, Reagan friend and philanthropist, dies

By ROBERT JABLON
Jul 22, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Betsy Bloomingdale, a department store heir's widow who hobnobbed with the world's elite, epitomized high fashion and was best friends with former fir...
Hawaii Democratic congressman Mark Takai dies

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ
Jul 21, 2016 7:00 am - HONOLULU (AP) - U.S. Rep. Mark Takai, a war veteran and long-time legislator known for his bright nature and deep commitment to service, died in his home after a months-...
Bill Cardille, former Pittsburgh local TV host, dead at 87

The Associated Press
Jul 21, 2016 7:00 am - PITTSBURGH (AP) - Bill Cardille, a Pittsburgh TV personality nicknamed "Chilly Billy" who hosted late-night "Chiller Theater" as well as "Studio Wrestling," has died. He...
Schaumburg mourns loss of former Mayor Atcher's widow

By Eric Peterson
Jul 21, 2016 1:00 am - Family members and longtime friends are mourning the death this week of Maggie Atcher — the widow of Schaumburg's influential second mayor Bob Atcher — at the age of 88....

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