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Tape that: Dutch inventor of audio cassette dies at age 94

By MIKE CORDER
Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) - Lou Ottens, the Dutch inventor of the cassette tape, the medium of choice for millions of bedroom mix tapes, has died, said Philips, the co...
Black space engineer, housing advocate Ken Kelly dies at 92

By MICHAEL WARREN
Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - Kenneth C. Kelly, a Black electronics engineer whose antenna designs contributed to the race to the moon, made satellite TV and radio possible and helped NASA communicat...
Norm Sherry, Dodgers teammate of Sandy Koufax, dies at 89

By BETH HARRIS
Mar 12, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Norm Sherry, whose suggestion to Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Sandy Koufax helped the future Hall of Fame pitcher reach his potential, has died. He wa...
International evangelical pastor Luis Palau dies at 86

By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Mar 11, 2021 6:00 am - PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - Luis Palau, an evangelical pastor who was born in Argentina and went on to work with Billy Graham before establishing his own powerhouse internatio...
Des Plaines mourns loss of longtime parks leader Bill Yates

By Charles Keeshan
Mar 10, 2021 10:00 pm - You'd be hard pressed to find a facet of life in the Des Plaines area Bill Yates didn't impact in a positive way. From park district commissioner to Boy Scout leader to ...
Blake Cullen, former Cubs, NL executive, dies at 85

The Associated Press
Mar 10, 2021 6:00 am - VIRGINIA BEACH, Va, (AP) - Blake Cullen, an executive for the Chicago Cubs and the National League who went on to own minor league hockey, baseball and soccer teams, has...
Sally Atwater, wife of late GOP strategist, dies at 69

By MEG KINNARD
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Sally Atwater, wife of the late GOP strategist and former Republican National Committee chairman Lee Atwater, died Tuesday, according to her family...
Roger Vonlanthen, Swiss player in World Cup epic, dies at 89

The Associated Press
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Roger Vonlanthen, the last surviving member of the Switzerland team that in 1954 played in the highest-scoring World Cup match, has died. He was 89. ...
Norton Juster, 'The Phantom Tollbooth' author, dead at 91

The Associated Press
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Norton Juster, the celebrated children's author who fashioned a world of adventure and punning punditry in the million-selling classic 'œThe Phantom Toll...
Roger Mudd, longtime network TV newsman, dies at 93

By DAVE BRYAN
Mar 09, 2021 6:00 am - Roger Mudd, the longtime political correspondent and anchor for NBC and CBS who once stumped Sen. Edward Kennedy by simply asking why he wanted to be president, has died...

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