Obituaries
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Brazilian singer and Latin Grammy winner dies in plane crash
Nov 06, 2021 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - MarÃlia Mendonça, one of Brazil's most popular singers and a Latin Grammy winner, died Friday in an airplane crash on her way to a concert. She was 26...
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Angelo Mosca, colorful former CFL lineman, dies at 84
Nov 06, 2021 7:00 am - HAMILTON, Ontario (AP) - Angelo Mosca, the five-time Grey Cup champion defensive lineman best remembered for a controversial hit and a subsequent fight with Joe Kapp 40 ...
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British stage and TV veteran Lionel Blair dies at 92
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Entertainer Lionel Blair, who taught himself to dance by watching Fred Astaire movies and became a staple on British stage and television for decades, has ...
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Former Delaware governor Ruth Ann Minner dead at 86
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - DOVER, Del. (AP) - Ruth Ann Minner, a sharecropper's daughter who became the only woman to serve as Delaware's governor, has died. She was 86. Minner, who served as gove...
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Aaron Feuerstein, famously generous mill owner, dies at 95
Nov 05, 2021 7:00 am - BROOKLINE, Mass. (AP) - Aaron Feuerstein, who owned a textile mill in Massachusetts and famously continued to pay his workers even after a devastating fire, has died. He...
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Schaumburg police mourn death of veteran officer after cancer fightNov 04, 2021 1:00 am - Schaumburg police are mourning the death of officer Ross Urso, a 21-year department veteran who died Wednesday after a 2½-year battle with cancer. Urso, 50, served large...
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The Gap Band founder Ronnie Wilson dies at age 73
Nov 03, 2021 7:00 am - Ronnie Wilson, multi-instrumentalist and founder of the popular R&B and funk group The Gap Band, has died. He was 73. His wife, Linda Boulware-Wilson, posted on Faceboo...
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Arab world's legendary singer, Sabah Fakhri, dies at 88
Nov 02, 2021 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - One of the Arab world's most famous singers, Sabah Fakhri, who has entertained generations with traditional songs and preserved nearly extinct forms of Ara...
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'Make whatever contributions you can': Floros remembered for dedication to Mount ProspectNov 02, 2021 1:00 am - Although much has changed about Mount Prospect over the past 60 years, one mainstay the community could always count on was Leo Floros. Floros died Saturday, Oct. 30, at...
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Mississippi blues promoter and raconteur Bill Luckett dies
Nov 01, 2021 7:00 am - JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Bill Luckett was an attorney, small-town mayor, candidate for governor, blues promoter, friend and business partner of Morgan Freeman and irrepress...