Obituaries
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Hugo Maradona, younger brother of Diego, dies at 52
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - NAPLES, Italy (AP) - Hugo Maradona, the younger brother of Diego Maradona and a former soccer player, has died. He was 52. Italian club Napoli announced the death on Tue...
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Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, dies at 82
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority leader and Nevada's longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82. Reid died Tuesday, 'œpeacefully...
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In memoriam: Remembering notable Lake County residents we lost in 2021Dec 28, 2021 5:00 am - Trailblazing politicians. Dedicated community servants. Business leaders whose philanthropic work enriched their communities. And a priest whose leadership forever chang...
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In memoriam: Remembering influential Northwest suburban residents we lost in 2021Dec 28, 2021 5:00 am - Trailblazing politicians. Dedicated community servants. Business leaders whose philanthropic work enriched their communities. And a Holocaust survivor who devoted her li...
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Jeff Dickerson, who covered Bears for ESPN, loses battle with colon cancerDec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Jeff Dickerson, a Buffalo Grove High School graduate who covered the Chicago Bears for two decades for ESPN, died Tuesday from complications from colon cancer. He was 44...
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Sarah Weddington, lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76
Dec 27, 2021 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who as a 26-year-old successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, died...
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Edward O. Wilson, biologist known as 'ant man,' dead at 92
Dec 27, 2021 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - Edward O. Wilson, the pioneering Harvard biologist who advanced the provocative theory that human behavior such as war and altruism has a genetic basis and...
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Thomas Lovejoy, biologist who championed biodiversity, dies
Dec 27, 2021 6:00 am - FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - Thomas E. Lovejoy, a leading conservation biologist who is credited with popularizing the term 'œbiological diversity,'ť has died. He was 80. His dea...
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Nancy Keating, matriarch of influential family, dies at 94
Dec 27, 2021 6:00 am - CINCINNATI (AP) - Nancy Keating, a charitable volunteer and matriarch of a large family with deep and philanthropic ties to the Cincinnati area, has died. She was 94. Sh...
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Wayne Thiebaud, painter of lush colors and textures, dies
Dec 27, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Artist Wayne Thiebaud, whose luscious, colorful paintings of cakes and San Francisco cityscapes combined sensuousness, nostalgia and a hint of melanch...