Obituaries
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Yvette Mimieux, '60s starlet of 'Time Machine,' dies at 80
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Yvette Mimieux, the blond and blue-eyed 1960s film star of 'œWhere the Boys Are,'ť "The Time Machine" and 'œLight in the Piazza,'ť has died. She was 80. ...
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Legislator dies using medical suicide law he helped pass
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - A former Vermont legislator and House majority leader has died with the help of a law he himself helped pass that allows the terminally ill to end their own lives, his w...
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Pioneering fashion journalist André Leon Talley dies at 73
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - André Leon Talley, a towering and highly visible figure of the fashion world who made history as a rare Black editor in an overwhelmingly white industry...
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'Dixie' Dörner, the 'Beckenbauer of the East,' dies at 70
Jan 19, 2022 6:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hans-Jürgen 'œDixie'ť Dörner, one of East Germany and Dynamo Dresden's greatest soccer players who was called the 'œBeckenbauer of the East,'ť has died. ...
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Women's basketball pioneer Lusia Harris dies at 66
Jan 18, 2022 6:00 am - Lusia Harris, who became the only woman to be officially drafted by an NBA team and scored the first points in women's basketball history at the Olympics, died Tuesday, ...
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Longtime newspaper director Jack Pittas built business and family tiesJan 18, 2022 12:00 am - An international energy industry leader who testified before Congress and served as president of Universal Oil Products in Des Plaines, attorney Jack Pittas brought thos...
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Grobstein, Chicago reporter who got Elia's rant, dies at 69
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Les Grobstein, a longtime Chicago sports radio reporter and talk show host who recorded Lee Elia's famous profanity-laced postgame rant about Cubs fans, h...
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Celebrated Tuskegee Airman Charles McGee dies at 102
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Charles McGee, a Tuskegee Airman who flew 409 fighter combat missions over three wars and later helped to bring attention to the Black pilots who had b...
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Birju Maharaj, legend of India's kathak dance form, dies
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Birju Maharaj, a legend of classical Indian dance and among the country's most well-known performing artists, died Monday. He was 83. Maharaj was suffe...
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Steve Schapiro, prize-winning photographer, dies at 87
Jan 17, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Steve Schapiro, a prize-winning photographer whose indelible images ranged from the March on Washington to the set of 'œThe Godfather'ť and other films, ...