Obituaries
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Frank Mazzola, who staged famed James Dean fight scene, diesJan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Frank Mazzola, the real-life tough guy who taught James Dean how to stage an authentic-looking knife fight for the classic 1955 film "Rebel Without a ...
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Tommy Mason, Minnesota Vikings 1st draft pick, dies at 75Jan 21, 2015 10:00 pm - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Running back Tommy Mason, the first draft pick in Minnesota Vikings history, has died. He was 75. Mason's sister-in-law, Suzanne MacNeil, told The Ass...
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Ethel Kolerus left imprint on township, Alexian BrothersJan 21, 2015 4:30 am - Ethel Kolerus holds a unique spot in Cook County government: She was the first woman to hold the office of township supervisor, having led Wheeling Township for three su...
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Blackhawks reporter Mike Spellman mourned as life of the press boxJan 21, 2015 12:00 am - Anyone who ever met him has a Mike Spellman story. There are the Christmas cards with his face expertly Photoshopped onto an Irish dancer's body. There was the time he s...
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Provo Councilman Hales dies; longtime civic leader, ad manJan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - PROVO, Utah (AP) - Provo Municipal Councilman Stephen Hales has died. The (Provo) Daily Herald (http://tinyurl.com/kfcpbg3) reports Hales died Wednesday at his home in P...
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Former WSU star William Roffler dies at 84Jan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) - Former Washington State and NFL football player William "Bud" Roffler has died at the age of 84. Family members told The Spokesman-Review newspaper...
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Former Miss. Supreme Court chief justice Lee dies at 99Jan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - FOREST, Miss. (AP) - Roy Noble Lee, who served 16 years on the Mississippi Supreme Court and retired as chief justice in 1993, died Wednesday at his home in Forest. He w...
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Famed Austrian tenor Waldemar Kmentt dead at 85Jan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - VIENNA (AP) - The Vienna State Opera says that famed Austrian tenor Waldemar Kmentt has died at age 85. A statement said Kmentt died Wednesday in Vienna, where he began ...
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Melvin Gordon, CEO who built empire from Tootsie Rolls, diesJan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - CHICAGO (AP) - Melvin Gordon, who helped turn the enduring popularity of the humble Tootsie Roll into a candy empire, has died. He was 95. The longtime Tootsie Roll Indu...
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Former Iowa, Utah football coach Ray Nagel dies at 87Jan 20, 2015 10:00 pm - IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - Former Iowa and Utah head football coach Ray Nagel has died at age 87. The University of Iowa says Nagel died Jan. 15 in San Antonio. His daughter...