Tag: Obituaries
Sweden royals hold church service for COVID-19 victims
STOCKHOLM — Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and his wife Queen Silvia held a church ceremony Thursday to honor the victims of the coronavirus.
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Former Kentucky unemployment official found dead at age 39
LOUISVILLE, Ky — The former director of Kentucky's unemployment office, who was fired last year because of problems in the program, has died. Muncie...
Layoffs, upheaval at Zacharias ministry roiled by scandal
The global Christian ministry founded by the late Ravi Zacharias said Wednesday it will suspend fundraising, lay off 60% of its staff and overhaul...
From a prolonged pandemic, a rethink of life’s milestones?
Wedding anniversaries for Elizabeth O'Connor Cole and her husband, Michael, usually involve a dinner reservation for two at a fancy restaurant. Not this time...
From a prolonged pandemic, a rethink of life’s milestones?
Wedding anniversaries for Elizabeth O'Connor Cole and her husband, Michael, usually involve a dinner reservation for two at a fancy restaurant. Not this time...
Head of Poland’s Shakespeare theater, Jerzy Limon, dies
WARSAW, Poland — Jerzy Limon, a Polish academic who was honored by Queen Elizabeth II for creating and directing a Shakespeare theater and festival...
Father of boy who stole show at ’13 Huskers spring game dies
ATKINSON, Neb. — Andy Hoffman, father of the young cancer patient who captured the hearts of college football fans when he ran for a...
Zlatko Kranjcar, former Croatia national team coach, dies
ZAGREB, Croatia — Zlatko Kranjcar, a former Croatia national team coach who led his team to the 2006 World Cup and also played internationally...
Thousands of meatpacking workers to be vaccinated this week
OMAHA, Neb. — Meatpacking workers across the country have started receiving coronavirus vaccines and thousands more will have a chance to get their shots...
Finnish rally legend ‘Flying Finn’ Hannu Mikkola dies at 78
HELSINKI — Hannu Mikkola, the 1983 rally world champion and one of Finland’s rally greats who earned the nickname the “Flying Finn” and international...