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Jack Whisler, downtown Arlington Heights visionary, dies at 84

By Eileen O. Daday
Jan 26, 2021 12:00 am - One of the visionaries behind the development of downtown Arlington Heights has died. Jack Whisler was remembered Monday night at the Arlington Heights village board mee...
Former Downers Grove Mayor Betty Cheever dies

By Scott C. Morgan
Jan 26, 2021 12:00 am - Downers Grove is mourning the death of Betty Cheever, the first woman to be elected as the village's mayor. Cheever died Jan. 15 due to natural causes, according to her ...
Greek socialist ex-minister Valyrakis, 77, found dead at sea

By DEMETRIS NELLAS
Jan 24, 2021 6:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Sifis Valyrakis, a former minister and resistance fighter against Greece's 1967-74 military dictatorship who twice made daring escapes, was found d...
South Africa mourns anti-apartheid trombonist Jonas Gwangwa

By MOGOMOTSI MAGOME
Jan 24, 2021 6:00 am - JOHANNESBURG (AP) - Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83....
Jimmie Rodgers, singer of 'Honeycomb' and other hits, dies

The Associated Press
Jan 23, 2021 6:00 am - PALM DESERT, Calif. (AP) - Jimmie Rodgers, singer of the 1957 hits 'œHoneycomb'ť and 'œKisses Sweeter Than Wine'ť whose career in music and movies was disrupted by a sev...
Aaron lauded for grace amid racism during home run pursuit

By The Associated Press
Jan 23, 2021 6:00 am - Reaction to Hank Aaron's death from former presidents to fellow Hall of Famers to everyone who knew him followed a theme: how the one-time home run king handled the raci...
Oprah Winfrey, Bill Clinton praise and mourn Larry King

Associated Press
Jan 23, 2021 6:00 am - Celebrities and interview subjects, from Bill Clinton to Oprah Winfrey, are mourning the death of Larry King. His broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars an...
Larry King, broadcasting giant for half-century, dies at 87

By ANDREW DALTON
Jan 23, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conve...
Screenwriter Walter Bernstein dies at 101

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 23, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Screenwriter Walter Bernstein, among the last survivors of Hollywood's anti-Communist blacklist whose Oscar-nominated script for 'œThe Front'ť drew upon ...
From presidents to faded stars, all welcomed by Larry King

By DAVID BAUDER
Jan 23, 2021 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Larry King was easy to poke fun at, particularly late in his career at CNN: the pinched look, guffaws and coke-bottle glasses, the suspenders and old-tim...

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