Obituaries
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Hotel magnate, Mo. philanthropist Hammons diesMay 27, 2013 5:01 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — John Q. Hammons’ first business went bust, saddling him with debt. Yet the son of a poor Missouri dairy farmer paid it off within two years and turned...
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Notable deaths last weekMay 25, 2013 6:49 pm - Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison’s gloomy baritone and helped set...
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Founding member of The Doors dies at 74May 20, 2013 5:00 pm - Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says...
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Notable deaths last weekMay 18, 2013 4:38 pm - Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82. Venturi died 11 days af...
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South Elgin honors student dies in his sleepMay 17, 2013 8:00 pm - Member of drum line died in his sleep Wednesday
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Suburban doctor remembered as caring leader, excellent surgeonMay 16, 2013 5:32 pm - A portrait of Dr. Peter Pleotis still hangs in the doctors’ lounge at Northwest Community Hospital, some 14 years after he retired. The former obstetrician and gynecolog...
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Pop psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85May 13, 2013 5:43 pm - LOS ANGELES — Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the 1950s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist...
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Notable deaths last weekMay 11, 2013 4:05 pm - Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on “The Young and the Restless,” has died. She was 84. “O...
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Beloved Larkin High School teacher dies at 56May 08, 2013 5:00 pm - A Larkin High School nursing teacher, around whom hundreds rallied as she struggled to recover from multiple strokes and fight a rare form of cancer, died Tuesday at age...
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Notable deaths last weekApr 27, 2013 4:16 pm - When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice. Other great singers have come and gone, but this fact remained inviolate until Jones passed away Friday at 8...