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Daniel J. Lynch worked in the Chicago Fire Department for 41 years, serving in ranks from firefighter to deputy commissioner.
MOSCOW -- Russian spaceship designer Konstantin Feoktistov, the only non-communist space traveler in the history of the Soviet space program, has died at the age of 83.
DENVER -- Rena "Rusty" Kanokogi, known as the "Mother of Judo" partly for her role in bringing women's judo to the Olympic Games, has died. She was 74.
It would be possible to look at John B. Keating and see a man whose dreams were cut short.
Former Marshall High School basketball coach Alvin "Al" Williams, 66, died Friday morning at Mount Sinai Hospital after a brief illness.
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Stefanie Spielman, the wife of NFL and Ohio State star Chris Spielman who led a public fight against breast cancer, died Thursday after a long battle with the disease. She was 42.
NEW YORK -- Artist Jeanne-Claude, who created the 2005 Central Park installation "The Gates" and other large scale "wrapping" projects around the globe with her husband Christo, has died. She was 74.
If his parents had their way, Nrapendra Nath would have grown up to be a veterinarian in his hometown of Meerut, India.
EL PASO, Texas -- Artist Jose Cisneros, known for his vivid depictions of the people and culture of the Southwest, has died in El Paso.
BEIJING -- The last Chinese veteran of the 1944 liberation of France has died, state media reported Wednesday.
Former Buffalo Bills head coach and fellow South Side native Marv Levy once described Nick Kladis as one of the best basketball players he'd ever seen.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- Birmingham barber and civil rights foot soldier James Armstrong died Wednesday. He was 86.
NEW YORK -- Chicago-born painter Irving Kriesberg has died in New York City. He combined intense abstract colors with human and animal elements.
Her name was Nancy. She was a carefree teenage girl, walking across the Fox River on top of the old North Aurora Dam on an early October afternoon in 1972.
NEW YORK -- Sy Syms, founder and chairman of the SYMS Corp. discount clothing chain, died of heart failure Tuesday in New York, according to a statement issued by the company. He was 83.
LOS ANGELES -- Ken Ober, host of the 1980s MTV game show "Remote Control" has died. He was 52.
LONDON -- Edward Woodward, the star of the CBS series "The Equalizer" and films including "Breaker Morant" and "The Wicker Man," died Monday. He was 79.
LOS ANGELES -- Bobby Frankel possessed a gift for coaxing top performances out of ornery, high-strung thoroughbreds, a gruff Hall of Fame trainer who was hard in his dealings with humans but gentle with the animals in his barn.
LOS ANGELES -- Paul Wendkos, who directed more than 100 films and television shows during a 50-year career, including the 1959 surf movie "Gidget," has died. He was 87.
