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Shane MacGowan, lead singer of The Pogues and a laureate of booze and beauty, dies at age 65

By JILL LAWLESS and DAVE BRYAN Associated Press
Nov 30, 2023 12:00 am - LONDON - Shane MacGowan, the boozy, rabble-rousing singer and chief songwriter of The Pogues, who infused traditional Irish music with the energy and spirit of punk, die...
Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

By NANCY BENAC Associated Press
Nov 29, 2023 12:00 am - Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, the diplomat with the thick glasses and gravelly voice who dominated foreign policy as the United States extricated itself fro...
'Peace & Resilience' theme of annual remembrance ceremony

Daily Herald report
Nov 26, 2023 12:00 am - With the theme of "Peace & Resilience," Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights is hosting its 14th annual holiday remembrance service for families to honor loved on...
'Larger than life': Illinois GOP icon James 'Pate' Philip Jr. has died

By Russell Lissau
Nov 22, 2023 12:00 am - Former state Senate President James Peyton "Pate" Philip Jr. was a powerful suburban Republican at a time when that really meant something in Illinois. Philip led the Se...
Rosalynn Carter, former first lady and closest adviser to Jimmy Carter, dead at 96

By BILL BARROW and MICHAEL WARREN Associated Press
Nov 19, 2023 12:00 am - ATLANTA - Former first lady Rosalynn Carter, the closest adviser to Jimmy Carter during his one term as U.S. president and their four decades thereafter as global humani...
Former Daily Herald Outdoors writer Mike Jackson dies at 79

By Steve Sarley Special to the Daily Herald
Nov 17, 2023 6:00 am - Buffalo Grove's Orrin Brand, better known to Daily Herald readers as Mike Jackson, passed away Wednesday at the age of 79. Brand was the Outdoors columnist for the Daily...
Priest who served Northbrook parish remembered as 'personable and inclusive'

By Dave Oberhelman
Nov 11, 2023 12:00 am - The Rev. Thomas A. Moran, who had a passion for travel, Egyptology and, particularly, an interest in people, died Nov. 8. Ordained into the priesthood in 1971 by Cardina...
Former St. Procopius Abbey abbot remembered as educator and spiritual leader

By Marni Pyke
Nov 06, 2023 12:00 am - A funeral Mass is set for Wednesday morning at St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle for Abbot Hugh Anderson. Anderson, the abbey's eighth abbot, died Wednesday at Edward Hospita...
Prominent suburban attorney, businessman and Democrat Herb Franks dies

By Janelle Walker Shaw Local News Network
Nov 02, 2023 1:00 am - Herb Franks, who founded two banks, a prominent law firm and a Jewish congregation all while becoming an influential Democrat in the Republican stronghold McHenry County...
Bob Knight, Indiana's combustible coaching giant, dies at age 83

By MICHAEL MAROT AP Sports Writer
Nov 01, 2023 1:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Bob Knight, the brilliant and combustible coach who won three NCAA titles at Indiana and for years was the scowling face of college basketball has di...

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