Obituaries
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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...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 24, 2013 3:35 pm - He was the master of his genre, the Dickens of Detroit, the Chaucer of Crime. Pretty much every novel Elmore Leonard wrote from the mid-1980s on was a best-seller, and e...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 17, 2013 5:18 pm - Canadian-born actor August Schellenberg, who starred in the “Free Willy” films and appeared in numerous television roles, has died at his Dallas home after a fight with ...
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‘That ’70s Show’ actress Lisa Robin Kelly diesAug 15, 2013 6:11 pm - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — “That ’70s Show” actress Lisa Robin Kelly has died at age 43. Manager Craig Wyckoff says Kelly died Wednesday at a Los Angeles addiction t...
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Glendale Heights police in mourning for veteran officerAug 13, 2013 5:00 pm - Whenever Glendale Heights police officer Don Darby went on a drug bust or was helping chase down an assailant, his trusted partner — Lucky, the department's lone canine ...
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Former Rosemont casino bidder killed in Michigan bike crashAug 13, 2013 3:47 pm - One of the men who attempted to build a casino in Rosemont more than a decade ago was killed Monday while riding his bicycle in southwestern Michigan. Kevin F. Flynn, 46...
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Former pastor in Palatine, Wauconda diesAug 12, 2013 9:00 pm - The Rev. Thomas Michael Enright, former pastor of St. Theresa Parish in Palatine and Transfiguration Parish in Wauconda, has died. Enright, 75, most recently served as a...
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Popular singer Eydie Gorme dies at 84Aug 10, 2013 9:54 pm - LOS ANGELES — Eydie Gorme, a popular nightclub and television singer as a solo act and as a team with her husband, Steve Lawrence, has died. She was 84. Gorme, who also ...