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Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91

The Associated Press
Aug 05, 2020 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, has...
Pete Hamill, legendary New York columnist and novelist, dies

By THALIA BEATY
Aug 05, 2020 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Pete Hamill, the self-taught, street-wise newspaper columnist whose love affair with New York inspired a colorful and uniquely influential journalistic c...
Longtime police officer from Wheeling remembered for 'grace and determination'

By Doug T. Graham
Aug 05, 2020 1:00 am - Robert Michael LaMantia, a Wheeling resident whose long law enforcement career included 11 years as Lincolnwood's police chief, is being remembered as kind, caring and g...
Public visitation Saturday for Elk Grove's Petri

Daily Herald report
Aug 04, 2020 1:00 am - A public visitation and service will be held Saturday as part of a Celebration of Life of James "Jim" Paul Petri, the longest-serving elected official in Elk Grove Villa...
John Hume, who worked to end N. Ireland violence, dies at 83

By DANICA KIRKA
Aug 03, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - John Hume, the visionary politician who won a Nobel Peace Prize for fashioning the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ireland, has died a...
Wilford Brimley, 'Cocoon' and 'Natural' actor, dies at 85

By LYNN ELBER
Aug 02, 2020 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a rang...
Wilford Brimley, 'Cocoon' and 'Natural' actor, dies at 85

By Lynn Elber AP Television Writer
Aug 01, 2020 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Wilford Brimley, who worked his way up from movie stunt rider to an indelible character actor who brought gruff charm, and sometimes menace, to a range of ...
Connie Culp, 1st US partial face transplant recipient, dies

By RON TODT
Aug 01, 2020 7:00 am - Connie Culp, the recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S., has died at 57, almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation. The Cleveland Clini...
Hall-of-Fame country DJ Bill Mack dies of COVID-19 at age 88

The Associated Press
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Longtime country music disc jockey Bill Mack, whose 'œBlue'ť became a hit for LeAnn Rimes and won a 1996 Grammy Award for Country Music Song of ...
Alan Parker, director of "Midnight Express," dies at 76

By JILL LAWLESS
Jul 31, 2020 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Filmmaker Alan Parker, one of Britain's most successful directors whose movies included 'œBugsy Malone,'ť 'œMidnight Express'ť and 'œEvita,'ť has died at 7...

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