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Blues drummer Sam Lay dies at 86; played with Dylan, Waters

The Associated Press
Jan 31, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Sam Lay, a Chicago blues drummer and vocalist who played with Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan and the Paul Butterfield Blues Band, has died at age 8...
Cheslie Kryst, former Miss USA, dies at 30

The Associated Press
Jan 30, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Cheslie Kryst, the 2019 winner of the Miss USA pageant and a correspondent for the entertainment news program 'œExtra,'ť has died at age 30. Police said ...
Former Mets reliever Jeff Innis dies of cancer at age 59

The Associated Press
Jan 30, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Jeff Innis, a side-arming reliever who pitched for the New York Mets from 1987-93, died Sunday. He was 59. Mets spokesman Jay Horwitz said Innis died in ...
Funeral services set for Prospect Heights Mayor Helmer

Daily Herald report
Jan 30, 2022 12:00 am - Funeral services and visitation for Prospect Heights Mayor Nicholas Helmer will be held later this week. Helmer, the city's three-term mayor, died Wednesday at 79. Visit...
Jim O'Donnell: Saying goodbye to an era - the amazing race of Dick Duchossois

By Jim O'Donnell
Jan 29, 2022 12:00 am - VOLTAIRE ONCE SUGGESTED that there is birth, there is death and in between are starts of fancied follies and true miseries. Dick Duchossois spent a lifetime trying to ou...
Argentine singer Verdaguer dies of COVID-19 complications

By BERENICE BAUTISTA
Jan 28, 2022 6:00 am - MEXICO CITY (AP) - Argentine singer-songwriter Diego Verdaguer, whose romantic hits such as 'œCorazÃ³n de papel,'ť 'œYo te amo'ť and 'œVolverÃ©'ť sold almost 50 million ...
The heart and soul of Arlington: Dick Duchossois, dead at 100, remembered for 'his life passion'

By Christopher Placek
Jan 28, 2022 12:00 am - For years, Dick Duchossois would arrive early to his office within the stately grandstand he rebuilt from the ashes at Arlington Park. Impeccably dressed, the man affect...
'He absolutely loved being mayor': Prospect Heights mourns Nick Helmer

By Eric Peterson
Jan 27, 2022 12:00 am - An earlier version of this article misidentified Prospect Heights' longest-tenured city council member. It is Matthew Dolick. Three-term Prospect Heights Mayor Nich...
David Mugar, force behind Boston July 4th celebration, dies

The Associated Press
Jan 26, 2022 6:00 am - BOSTON (AP) - David Mugar, the businessman and philanthropist who transformed the Boston Pops July Fourth concert and fireworks show from a small local event into a nati...
Thich Nhat Hanh, influential Zen Buddhist monk, dies at 95

By HAU DINH, ELAINE KURTENBACH and HRVOJE HRANJSKI
Jan 25, 2022 6:00 am - HANOI, Vietnam (AP) - Thich Nhat Hanh, the revered Zen Buddhist monk who helped spread the practice of mindfulness in the West and socially engaged Buddhism in the East,...

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