Obituaries
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Former Missoula Big Sky coach dies of cancerJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - MISSOULA, Mont. — Former Missoula Big Sky football coach Gary Ekegren has died of pancreatic cancer. He was 70. Garden City Funeral Home says Ekegren died at home Frida...
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'Forbidden Planet' star Anne Francis dies at 80Jan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Actress Anne Francis, who was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later was a sexy private eye in "Honey West" on...
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Former Democratic Conn. congressman Ratchford diesJan 02, 2011 10:00 pm - HARTFORD, Conn. — William Ratchford, a former Connecticut congressman who later served in the Clinton administration, has died. He was 76. Ratchford's wife, Barbara, an...
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Longtime Palatine High coach diesDec 31, 2010 12:00 am - Palatine High School has lost one of its “all-time greats.” Joe Johnson, who coached the school's track and cross country teams for more than 30 years, used that term li...
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Woman who said she was 'Rosie' in WWII poster diesDec 29, 2010 10:00 pm - LANSING, Mich. — When a photographer snapped Geraldine Doyle's picture in an Ann Arbor factory during World War II, the 17-year-old had no idea she would inspire others ...
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Real-life member of 'Sound of Music' family diesDec 28, 2010 10:00 pm - TOWSON, Md. — A longtime friend says a woman whose family inspired the movie "The Sound of Music" has died. Agathe von Trapp was 97. Mary Louise Kane said Wednesday that...
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Veteran photographer, firefighter Jack Putignano diesDec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - A veteran news photographer, whose images of major fires and accident scenes turned up in suburban newspapers, WGN-TV, and even national media outlets, has died. Jack P...
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Architect of airline deregulation dies at 93Dec 27, 2010 10:00 pm - ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Alfred E. Kahn, who presided over the historic deregulation of the airline industry during the Carter administration, paving the way for JetBlue and o...
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HE Park District's Triphahn succumbs to cancerDec 21, 2010 10:00 pm - A longtime Hoffman Estates Park District commissioner, who worked at building partnerships as much as he did parks and recreation facilities, passed away on Tuesday. Sco...
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Former Daily Herald reporter diesDec 19, 2010 10:00 pm - Carmen Greco Jr., a popular Daily Herald reporter who covered a variety of West suburban communities from the paper's DuPage County bureau, has died. Greco died Sunday o...