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Obituaries

Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang dies

BEIJING (AP) — Chinese Nobel Prize-winning physicist Chen Ning Yang, one of the most influential scientists in modern physics, died in Beijing on Saturday. He was 103. The prestigious Tsinghua University, where he studied and served as a professor, said in a statement that Yang died of an ...

Limp Bizkit bass player Sam Rivers dies

Sam Rivers, the bass player in the nu metal band Limp Bizkit, died on Saturday, according to social media posts by his band mates. The band did not disclose where Rivers died or the circumstances, but praised him as “pure magic” and “the soul in the sound.” “From the first note we ...

Mary K. Driscoll 1936-2025

WESTLAKE — Mary Katherine Meyer Driscoll died peacefully in her sleep on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025, at home in Westlake, surrounded by family. Born Aug. 15, 1936, in Chicago, she was the eldest daughter of Winnifred Duffy Meyer and Theodore Meyer and raised in Glenview, Illinois. She ...

Donald L. Kirkwood 1942-2025

COLUMBIANA — Donald L. Kirkwood, 83, peacefully passed away on Sunday, Oct. 12, 2025, at St. Mary’s Alzheimer’s Center in Columbiana. Donald was born Jan. 10, 1942, in Youngstown, to the late Truman and Myrtle Fenton Kirkwood. He graduated from Western Reserve High School in ...

Area deaths

LANCE F. DUDECK, 66, of Brookfield, died Wednesday. (Stewart-Kyle) ROHN D. RILEY, 71, of Salem, died Tuesday at Salem Regional Medical Center. (Stark Memorial)

Raymond “Ray” Palen (Palombaro) 1932-2025

NILES — Raymond Palen (Palombaro), 92, passed away peacefully in his sleep, Thursday morning, Oct. 16, 2025, at Hospice House. Ray was born Oct. 25, 1932, to Frank and Frances (Pauline) Palombaro. Ray grew up surrounded by love, laughter and a strong sense of family. He was a proud ...