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'Like a second father': Former St. Charles High School athletic director Bergeson dies at 91

By Lauren Rohr
Dec 11, 2018 12:00 am - A couple of years ago, one of Paul Bergeson's former students approached his son and said, "Your dad believed in me when nobody else believed in me." That moment has bec...
Man who claimed Howard Hughes inheritance dies in Nevada

By KEN RITTER
Dec 10, 2018 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Melvin Dummar died never seeing the $156 million that he argued for decades that eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes unexpectedly bequeathed to him for ...
Former Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland dies at 90

The Associated Press
Dec 09, 2018 6:00 am - ROSEAU, Minn. (AP) - Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, a farmer from northern Minnesota who was tasked with selling President Jimmy Carter's unpopular Sovi...
African-American North Carolina voting rights activist dies

The Associated Press
Dec 09, 2018 6:00 am - LOUISBURG, N.C. (AP) - Rosanell Eaton, an African-American voting rights activist who successfully helped challenge voting restrictions supported by North Carolina Repub...
Carpentersville woman was selfless - in life, and in death

By Lauren Rohr
Dec 09, 2018 12:00 am - The kindness, selflessness and unshakable faith that loved ones say Melissa Thielen embodied throughout her life are perhaps most exemplified in her death. The 37-year-o...
Russia's most famous human rights activist dies at 91

By JIM HEINTZ and MATTHEW BODNER
Dec 08, 2018 6:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - Lyudmila Alexeyeva, a human rights pioneer and dissident who challenged the Soviet and Russian regimes for decades, demanding that they free political pris...
Anthony York, younger brother for 49ers CEO, dies at age 35

The Associated Press
Dec 08, 2018 6:00 am - SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Anthony York, the younger brother of San Francisco 49ers chief executive office Jed York, has died. He was 35. The 49ers said Anthony York die...
Ex-Colombian President Belisario Betancur dies at 95

By JOSHUA GOODMAN
Dec 07, 2018 6:00 am - BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - Former Colombian President Belisario Betancur, whose bold efforts to reach a peace deal with leftist rebels in the 1980s were undone by drug-fuel...
Tim Rossovich, actor and former NFL player, dies at 72

The Associated Press
Dec 07, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tim Rossovich, a consensus All-America defensive end at Southern California who played in the NFL before going on to an acting career, has died. He wa...
Longtime lawmaker remembered as 'effective advocate' in Springfield

By Katlyn Smith
Dec 07, 2018 12:00 am - Editor's note: An earlier version of this story included incorrect dates for services. Veteran state lawmaker Tom Johnson, a West Chicago Republican who had a reput...

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