Obituaries
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Notable deaths last weekDec 06, 2014 12:01 am - • It is hard to imagine a classier hockey player, on and off the ice, than Jean Beliveau. A supremely skilled center who spent 20 seasons with the Montreal Canadiens dur...
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American killed in Yemen had 'wanderlust'Dec 06, 2014 12:01 am - Luke Somers, an American who was killed during a rescue attempt against his al-Qaida captors in Yemen, had been working as a freelance photographer and editor in that co...
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Thousands mourn Barry, DC's 'Mayor for Life'Dec 06, 2014 12:01 am - WASHINGTON - Local and national political leaders, prominent clergy and ordinary Washingtonians who got their first job as a result of Marion Barry's programs were among...
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Longtime Elgin grocer, dress shop owner diesDec 03, 2014 12:00 am - Bernice Gromer was the epitome of what it meant to be a “lady.” “My mom was a very kind person, and very talented woman. She was beautiful,” said her youngest son, Doug ...
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Hundreds attend student's funeral in GermanyDec 02, 2014 10:00 pm - WAECHTERSBACH, Germany (AP) - Hundreds of mourners paid their last respects Wednesday to a young woman hailed as a hero, who suffered fatal injuries after intervening to...
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Michigan State professor to retire after 57 yearsNov 30, 2014 10:00 pm - EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) - Mordechai Kreinin has a small wooden clock on his desk in Michigan State University's Marshall-Adams Hall. It was given to him seven years ago...
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Teenager dies from accident injuriesNov 30, 2014 10:00 pm - ST. MARTIN, Miss. (AP) - A 17-year-old from St. Martin has died in a Jackson hospital from injuries suffered in a one-car accident near Vancleave on Nov. 22. ...
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Authorities: ND teen killed in snowmobile crashNov 30, 2014 10:00 pm - SAWYER, N.D. (AP) - Authorities say a teenager has died in a snowmobile accident at his home near Minot. ...
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South African conservationist Ian Player diesNov 30, 2014 10:00 pm - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - South African conservationist Ian Player, the brother of golfer Gary Player and a key figure in building the region's rhino population from a perilou...
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Publisher says novelist Kent Haruf dies at age 71Nov 30, 2014 10:00 pm - DENVER (AP) - Writer Kent Haruf, who authored "Plainsong" and several other novels set in small town Colorado, died Sunday at age 71, his publisher said. Haruf's editor ...