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Former US Interior Secretary Manuel LujÃ¡n Jr. has died

By MORGAN LEE
Apr 26, 2019 7:00 am - SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - Manuel LujÃ¡n Jr., who spent 20 years as a Republican congressman and later as a U.S. Interior Secretary who drew fire from environmentalists for c...
Michael Wolf, photographer of mega-cities, dies in Hong Kong

The Associated Press
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...
Former US defender Jimmy Banks dead at 54

The Associated Press
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 ...
Des Plaines firefighter dies from injuries suffered in motorcycle crash

By Bob Susnjara
Apr 25, 2019 1:00 am - His motorcycle had collided with car in Hawthorn Woods
'Children of a Lesser God' writer Mark Medoff dies at 79

By MARK KENNEDY
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...
Ken Kercheval, beleaguered Cliff on 'Dallas,' dies at 83

By LYNN ELBER
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....
'War of the Roses' author Warren Adler dies at 91

The Associated Press
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...
Feder: Jim Dunbar, a WLS original rock jock, dies at 89

By Robert Feder
Apr 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 ...
European Cup-winning Celtic captain Billy McNeill dies at 79

The Associated Press
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...
Henry Bloch, co-founder of tax company H&R Block, dies at 96

The Associated Press
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....

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