Obituaries
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Schaumburg mourns retired zoning board chairmanAug 03, 2017 1:00 am - Former colleagues are mourning retired Schaumburg zoning board chairman Fred Dietrich, whom they say influenced their own public service and the village's development in...
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Ken Wilkinson, Battle of Britain Spitfire pilot, dies at 99
Aug 02, 2017 7:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Ken Wilkinson, one of the last survivors of "The Few" - the band of pilots who flew in the Battle of Britain - has died. He was 99. The Battle of Britain M...
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Ara Parseghian remembered by coaches, former players
Aug 02, 2017 7:00 am - Reaction from around college football on the death Wednesday of Ara Parseghian, who won two national titles at Notre Dame and also coached at Northwestern and Miami Univ...
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Former Notre Dame coach Ara Parseghian dies at 94
Aug 02, 2017 7:00 am - Ara Parseghian reached the pinnacle of his profession at Notre Dame and endured the most painful personal losses as a father and grandfather. He walked away from coachin...
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Former Florida, NFL QB John Reaves found dead at age 67
Aug 02, 2017 7:00 am - TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Former Florida and NFL quarterback John Reaves, who finished his college career as the NCAA's all-time leading passer and later struggled with drug an...
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Memorable games under Notre Dame's Ara Parseghian
Aug 02, 2017 7:00 am - Some of the most memorable games from the 11-season coaching tenure of Ara Parseghian at Notre Dame: Southern California 20, No. 1 Notre Dame 17, Nov. 28, 1964 After fin...
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Judith Jones, editor of Julia Child, dead at 93
Aug 02, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Judith Jones, a consummate literary editor who helped revolutionize American cuisine by publishing Julia Child and other groundbreaking cookbook authors,...
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Sam Shepard, dead at age 73, was a new kind of artist
Aug 01, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Old enough to see the rustic world of his childhood disappear, Sam Shepard was a new kind of man who brought a new kind of language to the American stage...
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Former French tennis player Jerome Golmard dies at 43
Aug 01, 2017 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Jerome Golmard, a former French tennis player who reached a career high ranking of No. 22, has died. He was 43. The French tennis federation said Tuesday th...
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Sam Shepard, dead at age 73, was a new kind of artist
Aug 01, 2017 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Old enough to see the rustic world of his childhood disappear, Sam Shepard was a new kind of man who brought a new kind of language to the American stage...