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An undated photo of Jay Pearce, showing him several years younger than his age of 69 at the time of his death.

Jay Pearce, longtime public broadcaster, dies at age 69

Jay Pearce, a member of the WILL Radio staff from 1998 to 2009, has died at the age of 69.

Former central Illinois congressman Tim Johnson dies

URBANA – Former Illinois Congressman Tim Johnson has died. Johnson’s former chief of staff, Mark Shelden, reported his death on his Facebook page on Tuesday morning. An obituary published on Sunday May 15 in the News-Gazette and at the Renner-Wikoff funeral home website says the 75-year-old Johnson died Monday night at Carle Foundation Hospital in