Obituaries
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Indigenous filmmaker's 'every breath' a fight for his people
Sep 29, 2021 7:00 am - CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Myron Dewey, a filmmaker and journalist who helped draw worldwide attention to the concerns of Native Americans fighting an oil pipeline near th...
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Funeral Mass for retired priest will be held Thursday in Des PlainesSep 29, 2021 1:00 am - A funeral Mass will be held Thursday for a retired priest who served parishes in Des Plaines and Streamwood. The Rev. Martin E. Bedoya died Saturday at age 81, according...
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England WCup winner, Liverpool great Roger Hunt dies at 83
Sep 28, 2021 7:00 am - Roger Hunt, a striker in the only England team to win the World Cup and Liverpool's all-time record league scorer, has died. He was 83. Liverpool, where Hunt spent most ...
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Theoneste Bagosora, architect of Rwanda genocide, dies at 80
Sep 26, 2021 7:00 am - KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) - Theoneste Bagosora, a former Rwandan army colonel regarded as the architect of the 1994 genocide in which more than 800,000 ethnic Tutsi and Hutus ...
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Nebraska billionaire, philanthropist Walter Scott dies at 90
Sep 25, 2021 7:00 am - OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - Billionaire Walter Scott, the past top executive of Peter Kiewit Sons Inc. construction firm who helped oversee Warren Buffett's conglomerate and dona...
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McCormack, bishop panned for role in sex abuse scandal, dies
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Retired Roman Catholic Bishop John McCormack, who faced criticism for his role in Boston's clergy sex abuse scandal and led New Hampshire's diocese ...
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'Notting Hill,' 'The Duke' director Roger Michell dies at 65
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Roger Michell, the British stage, television and film director whose movies include the indelibly popular romcom 'œNotting Hill,'ť has died, his family sai...
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Bill Steinman, longtime Columbia athletics official, dies
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - William C. Steinman, the longtime sports information director of Columbia University, has died. He was 77. Steinman, a member of Columbia University's At...
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A Polish bishop punished over abuse cover-up has died
Sep 23, 2021 7:00 am - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Edward Janiak, a retired Roman Catholic bishop from Poland punished this year by the Vatican for the alleged cover-up of sex abuse of minors by oth...
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Beloved 'Sex and the City' actor Willie Garson dies at 57
Sep 22, 2021 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) — Willie Garson, who played Stanford Blatch, Carrie Bradshaw's friend on TV's "Sex and the City" and its movie sequels, has died, his son announced Tues...