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Longtime knife sharpener at suburban farmers markets dies

By Elena Ferrarin
Apr 14, 2016 1:00 am - Tony Durante, a longtime knife sharpener and fixture at farmers markets throughout the suburbs, had an unparalleled passion for the trade he learned as a boy from his It...
Lucky the Leprechaun voice actor dies in NY at age 93

The Associated Press
Apr 13, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The actor who gave a sprightly voice to cereal mascot Lucky the Leprechaun in TV commercials for three decades has died in New York. Arthur Anderson was ...
Prolific British playwright Arnold Wesker dies at age 83

By DANICA KIRKA
Apr 13, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Prolific British playwright Arnold Wesker, who drew on his heritage as a working-class Jew to create plays that captured the dialogue and struggles of the ...
Oldest priest in Chicago Archdiocese dies at 105

Daily Herald report
Apr 13, 2016 1:00 am - The oldest priest in the Chicago Archdiocese died Monday at 105, just a few weeks short of his 81st anniversary in the priesthood. Rev. Msgr. Richard Joseph O'Donnell wa...
New Orleans Saints radio analyst Howard Gajan dead at 56

By BILL FULLER
Apr 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - The color analyst of New Orleans Saints radio broadcasts and a former Saints player, Howard "Hokie" Gajan, has died. He was 56. Diane Newman, operatio...
Music producer David Gest dies in London at 62

By JILL LAWLESS
Apr 12, 2016 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - David Gest, a music producer, reality TV star and former husband of Liza Minnelli, was found dead Tuesday at a London hotel. He was 62. Gest's friend Imad ...
New Yorker cartoonist Hamilton killed in Kentucky accident

The Associated Press
Apr 11, 2016 7:00 am - LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Cartoonist William Hamilton, whose work for The New Yorker magazine satirized the wealthy, has died in a car accident in Kentucky. He was 76. Kerr ...
Chicago DJ Doug Banks dies at 57

Chicago Sun-Times
Apr 11, 2016 1:00 am - Legendary Chicago DJ Doug Banks has died, his longtime I-Heart radio station V103 announced Monday afternoon. "Doug, a true radio legend, has passed away today," the sta...
NY medical examiner who oversaw office on 9/11 dies at 79

By MICHAEL BALSAMO
Apr 08, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Dr. Charles Hirsch, who oversaw the city medical examiner's office for more than two decades and whose staff helped identify the remains of Sept. 11 vict...
Beloved Atlanta personality 'Phantom of the Fox' dies

By KATE BRUMBACK
Apr 08, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Joe Patten, affectionately known as the "Phantom of the Fox," spent much of his life restoring, preserving and living in Atlanta's fabulous Fox Theatre - ...

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