Obituaries
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Former US Interior Secretary Manuel Luján Jr. has died
Apr 26, 2019 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Manuel Luján Jr., who spent 20 years as a Republican congressman and later as a U.S. Interior Secretary who drew fire from environmentalists for c...
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Michael Wolf, photographer of mega-cities, dies in Hong Kong
Apr 26, 2019 7:00 am - HONG KONG (AP) - Michael Wolf, an award-winning photographer known for his work depicting megacities, has died at his home in Hong Kong. He was 64. Wolf died in his slee...
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Former US defender Jimmy Banks dead at 54
Apr 26, 2019 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Jimmy Banks, a defender and winger who made two appearances for the United States at the 1990 World Cup, died Friday. He was 54. Banks died of pancreatic ...
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Des Plaines firefighter dies from injuries suffered in motorcycle crashApr 25, 2019 1:00 am - His motorcycle had collided with car in Hawthorn Woods
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'Children of a Lesser God' writer Mark Medoff dies at 79
Apr 24, 2019 7:00 am - Mark Medoff, a provocative playwright whose "Children of a Lesser God" won Tony and Olivier awards and whose screen adaptation of his play earned an Oscar nomination, ha...
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Ken Kercheval, beleaguered Cliff on 'Dallas,' dies at 83
Apr 24, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ken Kercheval, who played perennial punching bag Cliff Barnes to Larry Hagman's scheming oil baron J.R. Ewing on the hit TV series "Dallas," has died....
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'War of the Roses' author Warren Adler dies at 91
Apr 24, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Best-selling author Warren Adler who chronicled dysfunction and duplicity, most notably in his divorce novel "The War of the Roses," a dark comedy that w...
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Feder: Jim Dunbar, a WLS original rock jock, dies at 89Apr 24, 2019 1:00 am - Though best known for his nearly four decades as a radio talk show host in San Francisco, Jim Dunbar will forever be remembered in Chicago as one of the original Top 40 ...
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European Cup-winning Celtic captain Billy McNeill dies at 79
Apr 23, 2019 7:00 am - GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - Billy McNeill, the captain of Glasgow soccer club Celtic when it became the first British team to win the European Cup in 1967, has died. He was...
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Henry Bloch, co-founder of tax company H&R Block, dies at 96
Apr 23, 2019 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Henry Bloch, who helped found tax preparation giant H&R Block, died Tuesday at age 96, the company announced. Bloch died of natural causes at St....