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Marty Balin, founder of Jefferson Airplane, dies at 76

By HILLEL ITALIE
Sep 29, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Marty Balin, a patron of the 1960s "San Francisco Sound" both as founder and lead singer of the Jefferson Airplane and co-owner of the club where the Air...
Wes Hopkins, 10-year safety for Eagles, has died

The Associated Press
Sep 28, 2018 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Wes Hopkins, a 10-year safety with the Philadelphia Eagles and 1985 All-Pro, has died. He was 57. The team announced his death Friday. No cause was g...
Texas' first black football letterman Whittier has died

By JIM VERTUNO
Sep 27, 2018 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Julius Whittier once remarked that attending the University of Texas and playing football opened up a larger world for him. It could be said Whittie...
Texas' first black football letterman Whittier has died

By JIM VERTUNO
Sep 27, 2018 7:00 am - AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Julius Whittier once remarked that attending the University of Texas and playing football opened up a larger world for him. It could be said Whittie...
Former Marshall quarterback Michael Payton dies

The Associated Press
Sep 27, 2018 7:00 am - HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) - A former Marshall University quarterback who led the Herd to its first Division I-AA championship has died after a battle with cancer. Michael P...
Romanian ex-prison chief sentenced to 20 years dies in jail

ALISON MUTLER
Sep 26, 2018 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Ion Ficior, who was incarcerated for the deaths of 103 political inmates while in charge of a communist-era labor camp in Romania, has died. He...
Accidental fall claims life of former Arlington Heights resident

By Eileen O. Daday
Sep 26, 2018 1:00 am - Elizabeth Schoepke, a former Arlington Heights resident who came from a long line of production specialists at the Daily Herald, died earlier this month at just 40 years...
Engineer who helped shape the Northwest suburbs dies at 91

By Eileen O. Daday
Sep 25, 2018 1:00 am - A longtime Arlington Heights resident whose work as a civil engineer helped shape the Northwest suburbs has died. William Cadigan grew up on Chicago's South Side but spe...
Motorola executive known as 'The Wizard' was ahead of his time

By Steve Zalusky
Sep 23, 2018 1:00 am - When people trade photos and videos from their smartphones today, it is hard to remember a time when such pocket-size computers weren't used to transport huge chunks of ...
Shirley Day Smith, fixture among racing media, dies at 99

The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2018 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Shirley Day Smith, who spent more than 60 years as an assistant in the press office of the New York Racing Association and its predecessors, has died. Sh...

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