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Umberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dead at 84

By COLLEEN BARRY
Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - MILAN (AP) - Umberto Eco catapulted to global literary fame three decades ago with "The Name of the Rose," a novel in which professorial erudition underpinned a medieval...
Steve Willard, who exercised superstar mare Zenyatta, dies

By BETH HARRIS
Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - ARCADIA, Calif. (AP) - Steve Willard, a former jockey who worked as the exercise rider for superstar mare Zenyatta, has died. He was 72. Trainer Richard Mandella said Sa...
Harper Lee leaves behind questions about her life and work

By HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 20, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harper Lee has died, but the conversation about her life and work has only begun. "I think the retrospective will be more useful than what was said durin...
Longtime Giant Jim Davenport dies at 82

The Associated Press
Feb 19, 2016 6:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Jim Davenport, a longtime third baseman for the San Francisco Giants who later managed the team and worked in the front office, has died. He was 82....
The Latest: Lee's family says they will miss 'generous soul'

By The Associated Press
Feb 19, 2016 6:00 am - The Latest on the death of "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee, who died Friday (all times local): 6:30 p.m. CST The family of author Harper Lee says in a stateme...
Harper Lee, 'To Kill a Mockingbird' author, has died at 89

By KENDAL WEAVER and HILLEL ITALIE
Feb 19, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Harper Lee, the elusive novelist whose child's-eye view of racial injustice in a small Southern town, "To Kill a Mockingbird," became standard reading fo...
Umberto Eco, author of 'The Name of the Rose,' dead at 84

The Associated Press
Feb 19, 2016 6:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian author Umberto Eco, who intrigued, puzzled and delighted readers worldwide with his best-selling historical novel "The Name of the Rose," has died. S...
Visitation, services set for Vernon Hills police officer

Daily Herald report
Feb 19, 2016 12:00 am - Visitation for Vernon Hills police Officer Andy Rheintgen, will be 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 21, at Strang Funeral Chapel, 410 E. Belvidere Road (Route 120), Grayslake. ...
'To Kill a Mockingbird' author Harper Lee dies

Kathryn Harris Bloomberg
Feb 19, 2016 12:00 am - Harper Lee, the American writer whose book “To Kill a Mockingbird” was voted the best novel of the 20th century and became a classroom standard for the study of racial i...
Pharmaceutical executive Michael Jaharis dies at age 87

The Associated Press
Feb 18, 2016 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pharmaceutical executive and philanthropist Michael Jaharis (Jah-HAIR'-ihs) has died at the age of 87. Jaharis' death Wednesday at his home in New York w...

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