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Former Carol Stream mayor remembered as 'community-minded,' family man

By Katlyn Smith
May 27, 2016 1:00 am - Whenever Don Swanson flew over the West suburbs at night, the airline pilot always kept a lookout for one landmark. It wasn't an iconic building or a scenic landscape, b...
'Groundhog Day' actress Angela Paton dies at age 86

The Associated Press
May 26, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Angela Paton (PAY-ton), an actress best known for appearing with Bill Murray in "Groundhog Day," has died at age 86. Her nephew George Woolf says Pato...
Dumitru, coach who escaped communist Romania, dies at 76

The Associated Press
May 26, 2016 7:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Ted Dumitru, the former South African national soccer team coach whose 40-year career took him from communist Romania to Turkey, Germany, the United ...
Jennifer Aniston announces death of mother Nancy Dow at 79

The Associated Press
May 26, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jennifer Aniston's mother, Nancy Dow, has died. She was 79. Aniston tells People magazine in a statement that Dow "passed peacefully surrounded by fam...
Gophers pitching coach Todd Oakes dies after leukemia battle

The Associated Press
May 26, 2016 7:00 am - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minnesota pitching coach Todd Oakes died Thursday after a four-year battle with leukemia. He was 55. The school announced his death and Terri Oakes ...
Pianist, accompanist known throughout Arlington Heights

By Eileen O. Daday
May 26, 2016 1:00 am - A celebration of life will be held June 2 for a longtime Arlington Heights piano teacher and accompanist. Robin Kramer mentored music students and choirs across Arlingto...
The golden voice of Cameroon, Anne Marie Nzie, dies at 84

By EDWIN KINDZEKA MOKI
May 25, 2016 7:00 am - YAOUNDE, Cameroon (AP) - Singer Anne Marie Nzie, known as the golden voice of Cameroon, has died. She was 84. Nzie died Tuesday at a hospital where she was being treated...
Renowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang dies at age 104

The Associated Press
May 25, 2016 7:00 am - BEIJING (AP) - Renowned Chinese writer Yang Jiang, known for her prolific output and marriage to an equally famous author, died Wednesday at age 104, state media said. Y...
500-pound actor known for low-budget movies dies in NY at 62

The Associated Press
May 25, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Joe Fleishaker (FLY'-shay-kur), a 500-pound actor known for his work in low-budget horror films, has died. He was 62. Dr. Haskel Fleishaker says his brot...
Actress Beth Howland, who played Vera on 'Alice,' dies at 74

The Associated Press
May 25, 2016 7:00 am - SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) - Beth Howland, the actress best known for her role as a ditzy waitress on the 1970s and '80s CBS sitcom "Alice," has died. She was 74. Her hus...

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