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K-tel creator Philip Kives has died at age 87

By CHARMAINE NORONHA
Apr 28, 2016 7:00 am - TORONTO (AP) - Philip Kives, the tireless TV pitchman whose commercials implored viewers to "wait, there's more!" while selling everything from vegetable slicers to hit ...
Blackie Sherrod, longtime Texas sports writer, dead at 96

The Associated Press
Apr 28, 2016 7:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - The East Coast had Red Smith. The West Coast had Jim Murray. Texas had Blackie Sherrod. Sherrod, the longtime Texas sports writer revered for his dry wit, ...
Frank Belmont Jr. remembered for launching Carmel athletic excellence

By Bob Susnjara
Apr 28, 2016 1:00 am - Andy Bitto remembers how Carmel Catholic High School in Mundelein wasn't much of anything on the sports landscape until Frank Belmont Jr. returned to his alma mater. Bel...
Kidney disease claims life of St. Charles handyman

By Dave Heun
Apr 27, 2016 11:00 pm - St. Charles man dies of kidney disease at age 32
Willie Williams, trailblazing top cop for 2 cities, dies

The Associated Press
Apr 27, 2016 7:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Willie L. Williams, who was the first black police chief in Philadelphia and in Los Angeles, where he took over in the wake of the Rodney King riots, has ...
Ex-Baylor star QB Tom Muecke dead at 52

The Associated Press
Apr 26, 2016 7:00 am - WACO, Texas (AP) - Former Baylor quarterback Tom Muecke (MIH'-kee), a two-time all-Southwest Conference star in the 1980s who went on to play seven seasons in the Canadi...
Ex-Husker Joe Blahak, who threw key block for Rodgers, dies

The Associated Press
Apr 25, 2016 7:00 am - LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - Former Nebraska defensive back Joe Blahak (Blah-ha), a member of the Cornhuskers' national championship teams in 1970-71, has died. Roper & Sons Fun...
Outdoors artist Terry Redlin dies after battle with dementia

By BLAKE NICHOLSON
Apr 25, 2016 7:00 am - BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Outdoors artist Terry Redlin has died in South Dakota after a lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. He was 78. Redlin died Sunday night in a car...
World music star Papa Wemba dies after collapsing on stage

By ISIDORE KOUADIO
Apr 24, 2016 7:00 am - ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast (AP) - Papa Wemba, a musician known around the world as the king of Congolese rumba, has died following a collapse on stage during a concert, offici...
'Me and Mrs. Jones' singer Billy Paul dead at age 80

By HILLEL ITALIE
Apr 24, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Billy Paul, a jazz and soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad and "Philadelphia Soul" classic "Me and Mrs. Jones," died Sunday. Paul, whose care...

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