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Lee Mendelson dies; brought "Charlie Brown Christmas" to TV

By ANDREW DALTON
Dec 28, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Lee Mendelson, the producer who changed the face of the holidays when he brought 'œA Charlie Brown Christmas'ť to television in 1965 and wrote the lyr...
Inuit-Canadian singer who covered 'Diamonds'' dies at 26

By LYNN ELBER
Dec 28, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kelly Fraser, a Canadian pop artist who gained attention for an Inuit-language cover of Rihanna's 'œDiamonds,'ť part of her advocacy efforts for her i...
Sister of George Michael dies exactly 3 years after he did

The Associated Press
Dec 27, 2019 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - One of pop superstar George Michael's sisters has died exactly three years after her brother's Christmas Day death in 2016. A statement from family lawyer ...
DJ Don Imus, made and betrayed by his mouth, dead at 79

By DAVID BAUDER
Dec 27, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Radio personality Don Imus, whose career was made and then undone by his acid tongue during a decades-long rise to stardom and an abrupt public plunge af...
'~Mame,' '~Hello, Dolly!' composer Jerry Herman dies at 88

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 27, 2019 6:00 am - Tony Award-winning composer Jerry Herman, who wrote the cheerful, good-natured music and lyrics for such classic shows as "Mame," "Hello, Dolly!" and "La Cage aux Folles...
Bidding farewell to those from the Northwest suburbs we lost in 2019

Daily Herald report
Dec 26, 2019 10:00 pm - As we look forward with optimism for the year ahead, it's fitting that we also look back, with no shortage of sadness, at those we lost in 2019. It was a year in which w...
Notable deaths in Lake County in 2019

Dec 26, 2019 10:00 pm - We said goodbye to several notable Lake County residents in 2019. They left indelible marks on their communities through impressive accomplishments and dedicated public ...
Longtime political writer William Greider dies at 83

The Associated Press
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - William Greider, a longtime political writer for The Nation, Rolling Stone and The Washington Post, died Wednesday at the age of 83, according to his f...
German opera singer, conductor Schreier dies at 84

The Associated Press
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - Opera singer and conductor Peter Schreier, who won fame at the Salzburg festival and Milan's La Scala, has died in Dresden, Germany. He was 84....
Russian theater director Volchek dies at 86

The Associated Press
Dec 26, 2019 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Galina Volchek, a prominent Russian theater director and actress, has died. She was 86. Volchek died in Moscow on Thursday, Moscow's Sovremennik Theater sa...

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