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Arizona's 1st female governor, Rose Mofford, dies at 94

By PAUL DAVENPORT and TERRY TANG
Sep 15, 2016 7:00 am - PHOENIX (AP) - When Rose Mofford was thrown into the role of Arizona's governor, she was also plunged into a political hailstorm. With her predecessor impeached, a budge...
Barrington Hills environmental pioneer mourned

By Eric Peterson
Sep 15, 2016 1:00 am - Barbara MacArthur of Barrington Hills, who died Monday at 82, is being remembered for her work to establish and defend the village's strong stance on land conservation a...
Former Knoxville Journal sports editor Ben Byrd dies at 91

The Associated Press
Sep 13, 2016 7:00 am - KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Ben Byrd, a former Knoxville sportswriter and editor who was inducted into the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame, has died. He was 91. Jeff Berry, a ...
Correction: Obit-Prince Buster story

The Associated Press
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - In a Sept. 9 obituary on Jamaican ska pioneer Prince Buster, The Associated Press erroneously reported details about his marriages and child...
Clarification: Obit-Times Square Kiss Woman story

The Associated Press
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - In a story Sept. 10 on the death of Greta Zimmer Friedman, The Associated Press reported that she was the nurse depicted in a photo kissing sailor George...
Transgender actress Alexis Arquette has died at 47

By LINDSEY BAHR
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alexis Arquette, the transgender character actress and sibling of actors David, Rosanna, Richmond and Patricia Arquette, died early Sunday morning in ...
Woman in iconic V-J Day Times Square kiss photo dies at 92

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The woman in an iconic photo shown kissing an ecstatic sailor in Times Square celebrating the end of World War II has died. Greta Zimmer Friedman was 92....
Eddie Antar, owner of Crazy Eddie retail chain, dead at 68

The Associated Press
Sep 11, 2016 7:00 am - OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) - The man who turned the Crazy Eddie electronics stores into a retail giant before it collapsed amid federal fraud charges has died. Eddie Anta...
Daily Herald columnist Paul Green recalled as 'Chicago political legend'

By Steve Zalusky
Sep 11, 2016 1:00 am - Civic leaders, scholars and political heavyweights are mourning the death of Paul Michael Green, frequent Daily Herald columnist, professor of public administration and ...
Frank Masley, a 3-time US Olympian in luge, dies at 56

The Associated Press
Sep 10, 2016 7:00 am - WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - Frank Masley, a three-time Olympian and the first Olympic flagbearer in U.S. luge history, died Saturday after a fight with cancer. He was 56. US...

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