Obituaries
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Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish an Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating leader...
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Islamic State leader leaves a legacy of terror
Oct 27, 2019 7:00 am - BEIRUT (AP) - Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi sought to establish a new Islamic "caliphate" across Syria and Iraq, but he might be remembered more as the ruthlessly calculating mil...
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Three-term president of Hanover Park and founder of town's food pantry diesOct 25, 2019 1:00 am - Barone also founded village food pantry
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Hanni Lévy, who survived Holocaust in Berlin hideout, dies
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - BERLIN (AP) - Hanni Lévy, who survived the Holocaust hiding out in Berlin, has died. She was 95. Claus Raefle, a German movie director who knew Lévy, said Wednesday th...
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Former Ottawa player/coach George Brancato dies at 88
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - George Brancato, the former LSU two-way back who won Grey Cup titles with the Ottawa Rough Riders as a player, assistant coach and head coach, has...
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Paralympian Marieke Vervoort fulfills wish to take own life
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - Paralympian Marieke Vervoort said when the day arrived, she had signed the euthanasia papers and was prepared to end her life. That day came Tuesday in her native Belgiu...
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Former AP civil rights reporter Kathryn Johnson dies
Oct 23, 2019 7:00 am - Kathryn Johnson, a trailblazing reporter for The Associated Press whose intrepid coverage of the civil rights movement and other major stories led to a string of legenda...
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Indianapolis pastor Dixon who defied IRS dead at age 87
Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am - INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - The Rev. Greg J. Dixon, founder of the Indianapolis Baptist Temple that federal marshals seized in a tax dispute, has died. He was 87. His son and su...
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'Jeffersons,' 'Diff'rent Strokes' producer Al Burton dies
Oct 22, 2019 7:00 am - SAN MATEO, Calif. (AP) - Al Burton, a TV producer whose six-decade career included an eclectic mix of beauty pageants, variety and game shows and groundbreaking comedies...
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Cummings recalled as powerful orator who took on White House
Oct 18, 2019 7:00 am - BALTIMORE (AP) - Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cumming, who died Thursday at age 68, was remembered as a moral voice of conscience in a divisive era - a leader who fought for ...