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Shortstop in 1st women's pro baseball league dies at 90

The Associated Press
May 29, 2016 7:00 am - BUZZARDS BAY, Mass. (AP) - A member of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League that was immortalized in the 1992 film "A League of Their Own" has died. Lucil...
Italian theater actor, director Giorgio Albertazzi dies

The Associated Press
May 28, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Giorgio Albertazzi, a theater and film actor and director famed especially for playing, well into old age, the emperor's role based on "Memories of Hadrian,"...
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...

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