Obituaries
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Olympic judo champion Wim Ruska dies at 74Feb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Wim Ruska, the only man to win two judo gold medals at the same Olympics, has died. He was 74. The two-time world champion from the Netherl...
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Globe-trotting journalist de Borchgrave dies at age 88Feb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - WASHINGTON (AP) - Arnaud de Borchgrave, a Belgian-born count who traded his aristocratic title for a reporter's notebook, died Sunday after a long illness. He was 88. De...
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'It's My Party' singer-songwriter Lesley Gore dies at 68Feb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) - Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, who topped the charts in 1963 at age 16 with her epic song of teenage angst, "It's My Party," and followed it up with the ...
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Liam McGee, CEO who led The Hartford after recession, diesFeb 15, 2015 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - The former CEO of The Hartford financial services firm who was credited with guiding the company as it recovered from the recession has died. Liam...
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Former pastor leaves rich legacy at Mount Prospect churchFeb 15, 2015 12:00 am - A memorial service for a popular Mount Prospect pastor will be held Feb. 28 at St. Mark's Lutheran Church. The Rev. Lloyd Heroff served St. Mark's from 2000 until his re...
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Louis Jourdan, Frenchman who starred in 'Gigi,' dies at 93Feb 14, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Louis Jourdan, the dashingly handsome Frenchman who starred in "Gigi," ''Can-Can," ''Three Coins in the Fountain" and other American movies, has died....
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Poet laureate Philip Levine dies at age 87Feb 14, 2015 10:00 pm - FRESNO, Calif. (AP) - Philip Levine, a Pulitzer Prize-winning poet whose intimate portraits of blue-collar life were grounded in personal experience and political consci...
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Former NHL defenseman Steve Montador dies at 35Feb 14, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Former NHL defenseman Steve Montador was remembered Sunday for being a solid teammate and for his work with the players' union. Montador was found unconsc...
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Notable deaths last weekFeb 14, 2015 12:00 am - • Gary Owens, the droll, mellifluous-voiced announcer on "Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In" and a familiar part of radio, TV and movies for more than six decades, has died. He ...
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Michele Ferrero, maker of Nutella, dies on Valentine's DayFeb 13, 2015 10:00 pm - ROME (AP) - Michele Ferrero, the world's richest candy maker whose Nutella chocolate and hazlenut spread helped raise generations of Europeans and defined Italian sweets...