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Celebrities offer thanks, condolences in death of Stan Lee

By The Associated Press
Nov 12, 2018 6:00 am - Celebrities offer their thanks, remembrances and condolences in the death of Marvel legend Stan Lee, who died Monday at age 95. "Sad, sad day. Rest In Power, Uncle Stan....
Stan Lee, creator of a galaxy of Marvel superheroes, dies

By ANDREW DALTON and DAVE ZELIO
Nov 12, 2018 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in Marvel superh...
Actor Douglas Rain, who supplied HAL's voice, dies at 90

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 12, 2018 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Canadian actor Douglas Rain, who played some of Shakespeare's most intriguing characters onstage but perhaps is best known for supplying the creepily cal...
Comic book genius Stan Lee, Spider-Man creator, dies at 95

By Andrew Dalton and Dave Zelio Associated Press
Nov 12, 2018 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Stan Lee, the creative dynamo who revolutionized the comic book and helped make billions for Hollywood by introducing human frailties in Marvel superheroes...
Memorial service set for Wheaton native who helped sick kids in Africa

By Lauren Rohr
Nov 11, 2018 12:00 am - A memorial service has been set for 25-year-old former Wheaton resident Meghan Liddy, who died of complications from malaria after spending the past five years working o...
Arlington Heights advocate for those with cerebral palsy has died

By James Kane
Nov 09, 2018 12:00 am - After Jim Moser's grandson, Ben Gancayco, spent four years going from northwest suburban Crystal Lake to southwest suburban Countryside to obtain intensive treatment for...
Francis Lai, Oscar-winning 'Love Story' composer, dies at 86

By THOMAS ADAMSON
Nov 08, 2018 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French composer Francis Lai, who won an Oscar for the iconic "Love Story" soundtrack, has died, France's Culture Ministry said Thursday. He was 86. Nice May...
Romanian ex-prison chief who tortured inmates dies in jail

By ALISON MUTLER
Nov 05, 2018 6:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Alexandru Visinescu, a Romanian communist-era prison guard serving a 20-year sentence for crimes against humanity, died Monday in prison at 93,...
Shareholder activist Evelyn Y. Davis dies at 89

By The Associated Press
Nov 05, 2018 6:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - The brash shareholder activist Evelyn Y. Davis, who owned stock in more than 80 public companies and rarely failed to make her presence known at corpor...
Swiss downhill skier Barandun dies in paragliding accident

The Associated Press
Nov 05, 2018 6:00 am - BERN, Switzerland (AP) - Gian Luca Barandun, a World Cup downhill skier from Switzerland, has died in a paragliding accident. He was 24. The Swiss ski federation said Ba...

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