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Former Lincoln Park Zoo director dies at 100

Chicago Sun-Times
Dec 23, 2021 12:00 am - Dr. Lester Fisher, the former director of Lincoln Park Zoo who helped transform the once aging facility into a renowned institution centered around education and animal ...
'Chitty Chitty Bang Bang' actor Sally Ann Howes dies at 91

The Associated Press
Dec 22, 2021 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sally Ann Howes, who played as a child actor before she later starred in the 1968 film 'œChitty Chitty Bang Bang'ť with Dick Van Dyke, has died. She w...
Retired Dallas Morning News reporter dies in car crash

The Associated Press
Dec 21, 2021 6:00 am - DALLAS (AP) - Retired Dallas Morning News reporter Wayne Slater, who covered the rise of Texas governors Ann Richards and George W. Bush, has died in a car crash. He was...
Glen Ellyn mourns former village president who had passion for environment

By Jonah Nink
Dec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Daily Herald correspondent Bunting was hung around the Glen Ellyn Civic Center as a tribute to former Village President Joe Wark, who died Sunday at the age of 89. "We a...
Don Feldott, longtime Lantern Tavern owner in Naperville, dies at 88

By Scott C. Morgan
Dec 21, 2021 12:00 am - Donald "Don" Feldott, the founding owner of The Lantern Tavern & Grill in Naperville, is being remembered by his family as a hardworking neighborhood bar owner and an av...
Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies

By JEFF AMY and RUSS BYNUM
Dec 19, 2021 6:00 am - ATLANTA (AP) - Johnny Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state legislature to become a U.S. senator known as an effective, ...
Lauded modern British architect Richard Rogers dies at 88

By DANICA KIRKA
Dec 19, 2021 6:00 am - LONDON (AP) - Richard Rogers, the British architect who helped change the look of modern cities by putting features like elevators and air ducts on the outside of his bu...
Developer, attorney Thelin left lasting mark on Aurora and Batavia

By Steve Zalusky
Dec 19, 2021 12:00 am - Cal Thelin left his stamp on the communities of Aurora and Batavia as an attorney, a developer and a volunteer. The former Aurora city attorney assisted in the formation...
UTFO's Kangol Kid dies after battle with cancer at 55

By Jonathan Landrum
Dec 18, 2021 6:00 am - Kangol Kid, a member of the legendary hip-hop group UTFO, has died after a battle with colon cancer. He was 55. The family of Kangol Kid - whose real name is Shaun Shill...
Hollywood bard, muse and reveler Eve Babitz dies at 78

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 18, 2021 6:00 am - Eve Babitz, the Hollywood bard, muse and reveler who with warmth and candor chronicled the excesses of her native world in the 1960s and 1970s and became a cult figure t...

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