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Zimbabwe and world music star Oliver Mtukudzi dies at 66

By FARAI MUTSAKA and ANDREW MELDRUM
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - HARARE, Zimbabwe (AP) - One of Zimbabwe and Africa's most iconic musicians, Oliver Mtukudzi, died on Wednesday at age 66 after decades of rollicking, captivating perform...
Jonas Mekas, 'godfather' of avant-garde, dies at 96

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 23, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jonas Mekas the Lithuanian-born director, critic, patron and poet widely regarded as the godfather of modern American avant-garde film and as an indispen...
Maxine Brown Russell of country trio The Browns dead at 87

By KRISTIN M. HALL
Jan 22, 2019 6:00 am - NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Maxine Brown Russell, who together with her brother Jim Ed Brown and sister Bonnie Brown formed the country trio The Browns, has died. She was 87...
Photographer Leighton Mark, shot in Beirut in 1984, has died

The Associated Press
Jan 22, 2019 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - Leighton Mark, a photojournalist who taught himself to make pictures with one arm after he was wounded in 1984 while covering the civil war in Lebanon,...
Kaye Ballard, boisterous singer and actress, dies at 93

By LYNN ELBER
Jan 22, 2019 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Kaye Ballard, the boisterous comedian and singer who appeared in Broadway musicals and nightclubs from New York to Las Vegas and starred with Eve Arde...
Driving force behind Libertyville veterans monument remembered as a positive man

By Mick Zawislak
Jan 22, 2019 12:00 am - Every Memorial Day in Libertyville, a contingent of veterans and loved ones walk from Cook Park to a granite monument in Lakeside Cemetery inscribed with the names of Li...
Former ECC instructor remembered as giving and humorous

By Elena Ferrarin
Jan 22, 2019 12:00 am - A celebration of life will be held Saturday for longtime Elgin Community College professor Gary Christenson, who was remembered for his good humor, dedication to writing...
Sociologist and intellectual, Nathan Glazer, dead at 95

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jan 20, 2019 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Nathan Glazer, a prominent sociologist and public intellectual who assisted on a classic study of conformity, "The Lonely Crowd," and co-authored a groun...
Iraqi archaeologist, museums champion dies at 80

PHILIP ISSA
Jan 20, 2019 6:00 am - BAGHDAD (AP) - Lamia al-Gailani, an Iraqi archaeologist who lent her expertise to rebuilding the National Museum's collection after it was looted in 2003, has died at ag...
Former CIA officer portrayed in 'Argo' film dead at 78

The Associated Press
Jan 20, 2019 6:00 am - FREDERICK, Md. (AP) - A former CIA technical operations officer who helped rescue six U.S. diplomats from Iran in 1980 and was portrayed by Ben Affleck in the film "Argo...

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