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'Ghostbusters' family, more react to death of Ivan Reitman

The Associated Press
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Ivan Reitman had his army of well-known collaborators but the filmmaker and producer's influence extended beyond that too, as evidenced by the tribute...
Ivan Reitman, producer, 'Ghostbusters' director, dies at 75

By LINDSEY BAHR
Feb 14, 2022 6:00 am - Ivan Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind many of the most beloved comedies of the late 20th century, from 'œAnimal House'ť to 'œGhostbusters,'ť has di...
Carmen Herrera, Cuban-born abstract artist, dies at 106

The Associated Press
Feb 13, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cuban-born artist Carmen Herrera, whose radiant color and geometric paintings were overlooked for decades before the art world took notice, has died. She...
Hugo Torres, Nicaragua ex-rebel leader Ortega jailed, dies

The Associated Press
Feb 12, 2022 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - A former Sandinista guerrilla leader who once led a raid that helped free then rebel and now President Daniel Ortega from prison has died, his family ...
Rocker Ian McDonald of King Crimson and Foreigner dies at 75

The Associated Press
Feb 11, 2022 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Ian McDonald, a co-founder of pioneering progressive rock band King Crimson and stadium rock hitmaker Foreigner, has died. He was 75. A representative said...
'Jim and Marge,' Glendale Heights couple married 60 years, die a week apart

By Scott C. Morgan
Feb 11, 2022 12:00 am - James and Margaret Ryan, more casually known as "Jim and Marge," shared married life together for 60 years. The longtime Glendale Heights couple rarely spent time apart....
French discoverer of HIV virus Luc Montagnier dies at 89

The Associated Press
Feb 10, 2022 6:00 am - PARIS (AP) - French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, h...
Skokie rabbi helped deaf people connect with their faith

Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 10, 2022 12:00 am - Rabbi Douglas Goldhamer, who founded a synagogue in Skokie for deaf people and a Hebrew seminary to train rabbis to communicate with them, was buried with the little thi...
Betty Davis, hard funk pioneer, dead at 77

The Associated Press
Feb 09, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Betty Davis, a bold and pioneering funk singer, model and songwriter of the 1960s and '~70s who was credited with inspiring then-husband Miles Davis' lan...
Former major leaguer Jeremy Giambi dies in California at 47

By CHRISTOPHER WEBER
Feb 09, 2022 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Jeremy Giambi, a former major league outfielder and first baseman, died Wednesday at his parents' home in Southern California, police and his agent sa...

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