Obituaries
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Images: Barbara Walters through the yearsDec 30, 2022 12:00 am - Legendary newscaster Barbara Walters died Friday at age 93. Her career in television spanned more than 50 years. ...
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Barbara Walters, a superstar and pioneer in TV news, dies
Dec 30, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Barbara Walters, the intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host who blazed the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar during a career remarka...
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Vivienne Westwood, influential fashion maverick, dies at 81
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Pelé, Brazil's mighty king of 'beautiful game,' has diedDec 29, 2022 12:00 am - SAO PAULO - Pelé, the Brazilian king of soccer who won a record three World Cups and became one of the most commanding sports figures of the last century, died Thursday....
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Franco Harris, Steeler who caught Immaculate Reception, dies
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Michael Kennedy, former Wilmette deputy chief, diesDec 20, 2022 10:00 pm - Michael M. Kennedy of Wilmette, a former deputy chief with the Wilmette Police Department, died Dec. 14. Kennedy joined the Wilmette department in 1966 and served there ...
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'She never lost her sense of wonder': Longtime schoolteacher, Elgin museum educator Marge Fox diesDec 16, 2022 12:00 am - Friends and family say Marge Fox was an itinerant teacher who never lost her sense of wonder about the world. "Wherever we went, she was teaching," her daughter Brenda F...
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Port Edward Restaurant's founder, the 'Renaissance Man,' dies at 92
Dec 14, 2022 12:00 am - The final chapter of a storied man - a musician, an artist, a world traveler, a collector and the founder of the Port Edward Restaurant in Algonquin, affectionately refe...
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Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach dies at 61
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'His passion for music was contagious': Wauconda school community remembers band teacherDec 09, 2022 12:00 am - Jack Holt, a popular band teacher at Wauconda High School, is being remembered as a kind spirit who grew the program and inspired students. Holt, 40, died Dec. 3 about a...