Obituaries
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Gacy prosecutor Robert Egan dies at 74
Apr 18, 2023 1:00 am - Robert Egan's wife, Tracy, remembers her husband as a gifted storyteller, though she said he rarely spared the gory details, even at the dinner table. After decades work...
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Al Jaffee, Mad magazine cartoonist who created Fold-In and 'Snappy Answers,' dead at 102
Apr 10, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Al Jaffee, Mad magazine's award-winning cartoonist and ageless wise guy who delighted millions of kids with the sneaky fun of the Fold-In and the snark of "Sn...
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Michael Lerner, 'Barton Fink' Oscar nominee, dies at 81
Apr 10, 2023 1:00 am - Michael Lerner, the Brooklyn-born character actor who played a myriad of imposing figures in his 60 years in the business, including monologuing movie mogul Jack Lipnick...
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CEO of flag-making company had passion to save, grow family businessApr 03, 2023 1:00 am - In 1990, widow Janice Christiansen had a tough choice to make. Should she take over leading a family-run, foundering flag-making company? Or should she liquidate it, as ...
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Basketball Hall-of-Famer Willis Reed, leader on Knicks' 2 title teams, dies at 80
Mar 21, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Willis Reed, who dramatically emerged from the locker room minutes before Game 7 of the 1970 NBA Finals to spark the New York Knicks to their first championsh...
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Actor Lance Reddick dies at 60
Mar 17, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Lance Reddick, a character actor who specialized in intense, icy and possibly sinister authority figures on TV and film, including "The Wire," "Fringe" and th...
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Arlington Heights author who became known nationally as the 'angel lady' diesMar 10, 2023 12:00 am - An Arlington Heights author who rose to national fame and became known as the "angel lady" for her books about angels and miracles has died. Joan Marie Wester Anderson, ...
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Robert Blake, actor acquitted in wife's killing, dies at 89
Mar 10, 2023 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Robert Blake, the Emmy award-winning performer who went from acclaim for his acting to notoriety when he was tried and acquitted in the killing of his wife...
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Tom Sizemore, 'Saving Private Ryan' actor, dies at 61Mar 03, 2023 12:00 am - BURBANK, Calif. - Tom Sizemore, the "Saving Private Ryan" actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, di...
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Wayne Shorter, jazz saxophone pioneer, dies at 89
Mar 02, 2023 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a cen...