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Fats Domino stirred New Orleans flavor into rock 'n' roll

By STACEY PLAISANCE and JANET MCCONNAUGHEY
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW ORLEANS (AP) - In appearance, Fats Domino wasn't a typical teen idol. He stood 5-feet-5 and weighed more than 200 pounds, with a wide, boyish smile and a haircut as ...
Reactions to the death of rock pioneer Fats Domino

By The Associated Press
Oct 25, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Reactions to the death of Fats Domino, the rock 'n' roll pioneer who died Tuesday at age 89: "He was one of my greatest inspirations. God was tops - but ...
Services Thursday for priest who served in Arlington Heights, Mount Prospect

Daily Herald report
Oct 25, 2017 1:00 am - The Rev. Joseph A. Pastick, 94, who served parishes in Arlington Heights, Buffalo Grove and Mount Prospect and who was remembered as a generous and compassionate ministe...
Emmy Award-winning "Benson" star Robert Guillaume dies at 89

By HILLEL ITALIE
Oct 24, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Robert Guillaume, who rose from squalid beginnings in St. Louis slums to become a star in stage musicals and win Emmy Awards for his portrayal of the sha...
Commander of 1st flight of space shuttle Challenger dies

By BOB CHRISTIE
Oct 24, 2017 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - Paul Weitz, a retired NASA astronaut who commanded the first flight of the space shuttle Challenger and also piloted the Skylab in the early 1970s, has di...
Priest at Mount Prospect church dies unexpectedly following surgery

Daily Herald report
Oct 24, 2017 1:00 am - The Rev. Arthur J. Olsen, associate pastor at St. Emily Parish in Mount Prospect from July 2014 to March 2017 when he left to attend to a medical issue, has died unexpec...
Al Hurricane, 'Godfather of New Mexico music,' dies

By RUSSELL CONTRERAS
Oct 23, 2017 7:00 am - ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) - Al Hurricane, known as the "Godfather of New Mexico music" for developing a distinct sound bridging the state's unique Hispanic traditions with ...
Oscar-winning cinematographer Walter Lassally dies in Greece

The Associated Press
Oct 23, 2017 7:00 am - ATHENS, Greece (AP) - Hospital officials on Greece's island of Crete say German-born cinematographer Walter Lassally, who won an Academy Award for the 1964 movie Zorba t...
Former Romanian princess and humanitarian Sturdza dies at 73

By ALISON MUTLER
Oct 23, 2017 7:00 am - BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) - Marina Sturdza, a former Romanian princess who returned from exile to Romania after communism ended to become one of the country's leading huma...
Longtime Indiana University leader Gros Louis dies at 80

The Associated Press
Oct 21, 2017 7:00 am - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. (AP) - Kenneth Gros Louis, who was the longtime leader of Indiana University's main campus in Bloomington, has died at age 80. The (Blo...

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