Obituaries
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World’s oldest man dies in N.Y. at age 112Sep 14, 2013 9:12 pm - GRAND ISLAND, N.Y. — Guinness World Records says the former musician and coal miner certified as the world’s oldest man has died. Salustiano Sanchez-Blazquez was 112. Gu...
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Notable deaths last weekSep 14, 2013 6:58 pm - Ray Dolby, an American inventor and audio pioneer who founded Dolby Laboratories, has died at the age of 80. Dolby founded his namesake company in 1965 and grew it into...
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Notable deaths last weekSep 07, 2013 7:32 pm - David Frost had sparred with Richard Nixon for hours, recording a series of interviews with the former president three years after he stepped down in disgrace over Water...
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Ex-Vernon Hills trustee had ‘heart a mile wide’Sep 06, 2013 4:35 pm - The Vernon Hills community this past week remembered longtime resident and former village trustee James T. Heier, who died Sept. 1 at 87. Heier, a Navy veteran served th...
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Science fiction legend, Palatine resident Frederik Pohl diesSep 03, 2013 2:40 pm - Prolific award-winning science-fiction author and Palatine resident Frederik Pohl died Monday at the age of 93, his agent has confirmed. Pohl had more than 60 novels and...
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‘Don’t be afraid’: Final words from Seamus HeaneySep 02, 2013 9:59 am - DUBLIN — Ireland mourned the loss of its Nobel laureate poet, Seamus Heaney, with equal measures of poetry and pain Monday in a funeral full of grace notes and a final m...
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David Frost, known for Nixon interview, dies at 74Sep 01, 2013 3:57 pm - LONDON — David Frost had sparred with Richard Nixon for hours, recording a series of interviews with the former president three years after he stepped down in disgrace o...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 31, 2013 5:51 pm - William Campbell, a former U.S. Amateur champion who played on eight Walker Cup teams and later served two years as president of the U.S. Golf Association, has died. He ...
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‘Star Wars’ cinematographer Gilbert Taylor diesAug 27, 2013 8:36 am - LONDON — Gilbert Taylor was a master of black and white and a master of different universes. Taylor, the influential “Star Wars” cinematographer who worked on a number o...
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Arlington Heights fitness instructor inspired fellow seniorsAug 25, 2013 4:28 pm - A former fitness instructor at the Arlington Heights Senior Center, who personified health and vigor to students and co-workers alike, has died. Ed Hardy taught his “Fun...