Prominent African-American film and tv actor
Growing up in Maywood with four brothers raised by a working single mother, Wally Taylor hustled to help his family. He collected pop bottles and ran errands to make extra money to eat, said his daughter, Sharon Hayes. When he scraped together a little cash, …
Stalwart liberal judge of 9th Circuit
SEATTLE — Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, considered a liberal stalwart of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for decades, has died at age 89, a spokesman for the court said Tuesday. Ms. Fletcher died Monday night. The cause was not immediately known, 9th Circuit …
World’s oldest survivor of Auschwitz was 108
WARSAW, Poland — The oldest known survivor of the Auschwitz concentration camp — a teacher who gave lessons in defiance of his native Poland’s Nazi occupiers — has died at the age of 108, an official said. Antoni Dobrowolski died Sunday in the northwestern Polish …
Mother of Cowboys owner
DALLAS — Arminta Jones, the mother of Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, has died. She was 90. The Cowboys said in a statement that Arminta Jones died Tuesday morning in Dallas after celebrating her birthday last week with her family. She lived in Rogersville, Mo. …
Howard Fishlove, actor and head of novelty company, dies at age 76
Steve McQueen told Howard Fishlove he just might make it in showbiz after Howard appeared as a terrified moviegoer who runs out of a theater in the sci-fi/horror cult classic “The Blob.” But for many people, he might be better known as an actor who …
Indian activist led Wounded Knee uprising
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Russell Means spent a lifetime as a modern American Indian warrior. He railed against broken treaties, fought for the return of stolen land and even took up arms against the federal government.
A onetime leader of the American Indian Movement, he …
Devoted to debunking psychics, UFOs
AMHERST, N.Y. — Paul Kurtz, who founded an international center devoted to debunking psychics and UFOs and promoting science and reason over what he viewed as religious myths, has died. He was 86.
The secular humanist philosopher died Saturday at his home in the Buffalo …
Barrington man, dead at 74, was ‘Richard the housepainter’ and ‘Apollo the figure model’
Richard Busczynski was a union painter and an artists’ model who went by the name “Apollo” after winning a best-body title at Indiana’s Ponderosa Sun Club nudist resort. The Lane Tech High School grad started out as a professional dancer. He took lessons from actress Marilu Henner’s mother, Loretta, who had a dance studio in the Henners’ Logan Square home, just across the alley from the Busczynski house. A fitness buff who worked out daily and ate healthfully, the Barrington resident modeled for art schools and colleges until weeks before his Sept. 30 death at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in
Patricia Ann Mileski, therapist and musician, dies at age 60
Patricia Ann Mileski was a therapist who served more than 30 years in the field of mental health specializing in drug and alcohol abuse. The former South Barrington resident designed mental health curriculum for Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge and worked as a …
Basketball Hall of Famer
HOUSTON — Slater Martin, the defensive-minded Hall of Fame guard who won four NBA titles with the Minneapolis Lakers and one with the St. Louis Hawks, died Thursday. He was 86. Mr. Martin died at a skilled nursing facility in Houston after a sudden illness, …
Chicago man was part of influential black artists group
Back when “Power to the people” and “Right on” were part of a new lexicon that made the “squares” uncomfortable, the art of Howard Mallory communicated a sentiment he declared with absolute conviction: “I’m black, and I’m proud.”Mr. Mallory, a longtime Gresham resident who died …
Dutch star of erotic ‘Emmanuelle’ films
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — At the time, Sylvia Kristel was worried about starring in the 1974 erotic movie “Emmanuelle” but consoled herself with the thought that few people would see her sexually charged performance. That turned out to be wrong. “I thought, ‘Oh my goodness, …
Invented battery used in hybrids
DETROIT — Stan Ovshinsky, the self-taught inventor who developed the nickel-metal hydride battery used in the hybrid vehicle industry, has died at his home in suburban Detroit after a fight with cancer. He was 89. Mr. Ovshinsky, who ran Energy Conversion Devices, a car battery …
Falsely confessed to 3 murders
NEW YORK — A man who confessed to three New York City murders he did not commit and spent more than three years in prison has died at 68. George Whitmore Jr. died Oct. 8 in a nursing home in Wildwood, N.J. His daughter Regina …
Baseball player was ‘The Walking Man’
BOSTON — Eddie Yost, nicknamed “The Walking Man” because of his penchant for drawing bases on balls during an 18-year major league career, has died. He was 86. The Boston Red Sox say Mr. Yost died Tuesday morning in Weston, Mass. After his playing days, …
