Obituaries
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Fund to aid family of Winston Campus boy, wake todayMay 21, 2016 1:00 am - In response to the death of a 14-year-old student, the principal of Winston Campus Junior High in Palatine is asking people who want to help to donate to Palatine Assist...
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North Korean diplomat who negotiated '94 deal with US dies
May 20, 2016 7:00 am - SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - A top North Korean diplomat who negotiated a short-lived 1994 deal with the United States to freeze its nuclear programs in exchange for intern...
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Alan Young, star of 1960s sitcom 'Mr. Ed,' dies at 96
May 20, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Actor-comedian Alan Young, who played the amiable straight man to a talking horse in the 1960s sitcom "Mister Ed," has died, a spokeswoman for the Mot...
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Founding Beastie Boys member John Berry dies at 52
May 20, 2016 7:00 am - DANVERS, Mass. (AP) - John Berry, a founding member of the Beastie Boys who left the group before it found major label success, has died. He was 52. Berry died Thursday ...
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Minnesota businessman Wheelock Whitney Jr. dies
May 20, 2016 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota business and political leader, sports booster and philanthropist Wheelock Whitney Jr. died Friday. He was 89. Whitney died in hospice care a...
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Longtime Giants third baseman Jim Ray Hart dies at 74
May 20, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Longtime San Francisco Giants third baseman Jim Ray Hart has died. He was 74. The Giants announced Hart's death Friday, saying he passed away Thursd...
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Elgin activist remembered as 'larger than life'May 20, 2016 1:00 am - Sigi Psimenos, whose love for art, the environment and civic involvement inspired many others throughout Elgin, was remembered for her creativity and larger-than-life pe...
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Morley Safer, who helped create CBS News, dead at 84
May 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Viewers didn't need to see Morley Safer's reporting to feel its effects. They could have almost heard the yowling from the Oval Office and the Pentagon a...
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Morley Safer, veteran "60 Minutes" correspondent, dies at 84
May 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - During a visit last Friday with a frail Morley Safer, Tom Brokaw exchanged memories with him about fellow journalists Ben Bradlee, Don Hewitt and others ...
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Correction: Obit-World's Oldest Person story
May 19, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story May 13 about the death of Susannah Mushatt Jones, The Associated Press reported erroneously who had preceded her as the world's oldest person....