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Harry Reid remembered as a fighter, skilled Senate dealmaker

By LAURIE KELLMAN and KEN RITTER
Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - He was an accomplished amateur boxer who'd rather dance. But Harry Reid was fond of reminding his opponents that he knew how to fight, too. That skill ...
Texas oil billionaire William 'Tex' Moncrief Jr. dead at 101

By JAKE BLEIBERG
Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - William Alvin Moncrief Jr., a Texas wildcatter who helped build a father-son venture into an oil and gas empire over more than 70 years in the industry, ha...
Former US Senate majority leader Harry Reid dies at 82

By LAURIE KELLMAN and KEN RITTER
Dec 29, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority leader and Nevada's longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82. Reid died Tuesday, 'œpeacefully...
Booker Prize-winning novelist Keri Hulme dead at 74

The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) - Keri Hulme, the New Zealander whose 1984 novel The Bone People won the Man Booker Prize, has died. She was 74. Family members confirmed Hu...
Hugo Maradona, younger brother of Diego, dies at 52

The Associated Press
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - NAPLES, Italy (AP) - Hugo Maradona, the younger brother of Diego Maradona and a former soccer player, has died. He was 52. Italian club Napoli announced the death on Tue...
Harry Reid, former Senate majority leader, dies at 82

By LAURIE KELLMAN
Dec 28, 2021 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS (AP) - Harry Reid, the former U.S. Senate majority leader and Nevada's longest-serving member of Congress, has died. He was 82. Reid died Tuesday, 'œpeacefully...
In memoriam: Remembering notable Lake County residents we lost in 2021

Daily Herald report
Dec 28, 2021 5:00 am - Trailblazing politicians. Dedicated community servants. Business leaders whose philanthropic work enriched their communities. And a priest whose leadership forever chang...
In memoriam: Remembering influential Northwest suburban residents we lost in 2021

Daily Herald Report
Dec 28, 2021 5:00 am - Trailblazing politicians. Dedicated community servants. Business leaders whose philanthropic work enriched their communities. And a Holocaust survivor who devoted her li...
Jeff Dickerson, who covered Bears for ESPN, loses battle with colon cancer

Daily Herald staff and wire report
Dec 28, 2021 12:00 am - Jeff Dickerson, a Buffalo Grove High School graduate who covered the Chicago Bears for two decades for ESPN, died Tuesday from complications from colon cancer. He was 44...
Sarah Weddington, lawyer who argued Roe v. Wade, dies at 76

By JAKE BLEIBERG
Dec 27, 2021 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Sarah Weddington, a Texas lawyer who as a 26-year-old successfully argued the landmark abortion rights case Roe v. Wade before the U.S. Supreme Court, died...

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