Obituaries
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Former Maryville, Notre Dame College Prep leader the Rev. John Smyth diesApr 17, 2019 1:00 am - The Chicago-area Catholic community is mourning the death of the Rev. John P. Smyth, who after choosing the priesthood over a chance to play in the NBA served as the lon...
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'Mary Tyler Moore Show' actress Georgia Engel dies at 70
Apr 16, 2019 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Georgia Engel, who played the charmingly innocent, small-voiced Georgette on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show" and amassed a string of other TV and stage cr...
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Former astronaut Owen Garriott dies, flew on Skylab station
Apr 16, 2019 7:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) - Former astronaut Owen Garriott, who flew on America's first space station, Skylab, and whose son followed him into orbit, has died at age 88....
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Wheeling High School mourns beloved English teacher, theater directorApr 16, 2019 1:00 am - A beloved English teacher at Wheeling High School, who had a heart for English language learners and those in need of reading help, died Friday, just three days after sh...
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Swedish actress Bibi Andersson dies at age 83.
Apr 15, 2019 7:00 am - COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Bibi Andersson, the Swedish actress who starred in classic films by compatriot Ingmar Bergman, including "The Seventh Seal" and "Persona,"has ...
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Jonathan Wolman, Detroit News editor, former AP exec, dies
Apr 15, 2019 7:00 am - Jonathan Wolman, who over more than 45 years in journalism served as editor and publisher of The Detroit News and previously worked as a reporter, Washington bureau chie...
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David Brion Davis, scholar of slavery, dead at 92
Apr 15, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - David Brion Davis, a Pulitzer Prize-winning historian who documented the centrality of slavery in Western culture through a landmark trilogy that made hi...
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Charles Gross, husband to Joyce Carol Oates, dies at 83
Apr 14, 2019 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Charles Gross, a longtime Princeton professor of neuroscience and husband to author Joyce Carol Oates, has died. He was 83. Oates said in an email Gross ...
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Broadis, oldest former England international, dies at 96
Apr 13, 2019 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Ivor Broadis, a World War II veteran who become a professional soccer player and was the oldest surviving former England international, has died. He was 96...
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Former Kansas City Chiefs tight end Walter White has died
Apr 12, 2019 7:00 am - KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - The Kansas City Chiefs say former tight end Walter White has died. White was 67. The team said White's family said he died Wednesday of complic...