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Oscar-winning producer Alan Ladd Jr. dies at 84

By JAKE COYLE
Mar 02, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Alan Ladd Jr., the Oscar-winning producer and studio boss who as a 20th Century Fox executive greenlit 'œStar Wars,'ť has died. He was 84. Ladd died Wedn...
Children's author, illustrator Shirley Hughes dies at 94

The Associated Press
Mar 02, 2022 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - British children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes, best known for her popular 'œAlfie'ť series and classic picture book 'œDogger,'ť has died, her fa...
Foster, first Black student at University of Alabama, dies

The Associated Press
Mar 02, 2022 6:00 am - Autherine Lucy Foster, the first Black student to enroll at the University of Alabama, died Wednesday. She was 92. University officials announced her death in a statemen...
'Visionary' Arlington Heights library leader David Unumb dies at 89

By Eileen O. Daday
Mar 02, 2022 12:00 am - David Unumb served more than 20 years on the Arlington Heights Memorial Library board, overseeing two major renovation projects, hiring three executive directors and hel...
Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Feinstein, dies

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Feb 28, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Richard Blum, husband of California Sen. Dianne Feinstein, died Sunday after a long battle with cancer. He was 86. Feinstein announced her husband's d...
John Landy, pursuer of Bannister's 4-minute mile, dies at 91

By DENNIS PASSA
Feb 26, 2022 6:00 am - John Landy, an Australian runner who dueled with Roger Bannister to be the first person to run a four-minute mile, has died. He was 91. Landy's family on Saturday said t...
Julio Cruz with the Sox - triumph followed by sadness

By Steve Zalusky
Feb 26, 2022 12:00 am - Some memories, like rare wine, improve with age. One vintage that gets better all the time is the memory of the night of Sept. 17, 1983. Each time I revisit the YouTube ...
Oscar-nominated 'MASH' actor Sally Kellerman dies at 84

By ANDREW DALTON
Feb 24, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sally Kellerman, the Oscar and Emmy nominated actor who played Margaret 'œHot Lips'ť Houlihan in director Robert Altman's 1970 film 'œMASH," died Thur...
Gary Brooker, frontman of rock band Procol Harum, dies at 76

The Associated Press
Feb 23, 2022 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Gary Brooker, the Procol Harum frontman who sang one of the 1960s' most enduring hits, 'œA Whiter Shade of Pale,'ť has died. He was 76. The English rock ba...
Former Mariners, White Sox 2B Julio Cruz dies at age 67

The Associated Press
Feb 23, 2022 6:00 am - SEATTLE (AP) - Julio Cruz, an original Seattle Mariners player from their inaugural season who later became a Spanish-language broadcaster for the franchise, has died, t...

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