Obituaries
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Bonnie Brown of the country music trio the Browns dead at 77
Jul 16, 2016 7:00 am - LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) - Bonnie Brown, one of three siblings whose smooth harmonies as the Browns influenced generations of singers from the Beatles to Lady Antebellum, ...
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Lawmaker who survived 2012 double lung transplant dies
Jul 14, 2016 7:00 am - SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California state Sen. Sharon Runner, who left the Legislature in 2012 after receiving a double lung transplant and three years later made a dra...
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Hungarian writer Peter Esterhazy dies at 66
Jul 14, 2016 7:00 am - BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) - Peter Esterhazy, one of Hungary's most renowned contemporary authors, has died. He was 66. Esterhazy, who announced last year that he had pancre...
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Film director Hector Babenco dies in Brazil
Jul 14, 2016 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - The Argentine-born Brazilian director nominated for an Oscar for his 1985 film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" has died. Hector Babenco was 70. Denise Winthe...
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Longtime city attorney Donald Rose helped shape Rolling MeadowsJul 14, 2016 1:00 am - Donald M. Rose is why Rolling Meadows looks the way it does today. He was never a mayor or an alderman, but as city attorney for 44 years - in a city that is only six d...
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Czech astronomer, cartographer Antonin Ruekl dies at 83
Jul 13, 2016 7:00 am - PRAGUE (AP) - The Prague Planetarium says Antonin Ruekl, a Czech astronomer, cartographer and author of books on astronomy, has died at age 83. The planetarium, which he...
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Former Clemson guard Stitt found dead at North Carolina home
Jul 13, 2016 7:00 am - CLEMSON, S.C. (AP) - Former Clemson point guard Demontez Stitt was found dead at his home in Charlotte, North Carolina on Tuesday night. Lead investigator Eric Wheeler i...
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Jailed Cosa Nostra boss dies, decade after capture in Sicily
Jul 13, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Convicted Cosa Nostra "boss of bosses" Bernardo Provenzano, who reputedly led the Mafia's powerful Corleone clan, died on Wednesday, a decade after his captu...
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Marengo fire captain dies after cancer fightJul 13, 2016 1:00 am - Remembered as a selfless public servant and a friend to all, Steve Berry dedicated his life to helping others. A Marengo fire captain and a retired Elgin fire lieutenant...
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William H McNeill, prize-winning world historian, dead at 98
Jul 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - William H. McNeill, the prize-winning scholar who wove the stories of civilizations worldwide into the landmark "The Rise of the West" and helped pioneer...