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Louis Gossett Jr., 1st Black man to win supporting actor Oscar, dies at 87

By BETH HARRIS
Mar 29, 2024 8:50 am - LOS ANGELES — Louis Gossett Jr., the first Black man to win a supporting actor Oscar and an Emmy winner for his role in the seminal TV miniseries “Roots,” has died. He wa...
Wheeling remembers farmer, former trustee Mike Horcher

By Russell Lissau
Mar 22, 2024 12:39 pm - A former Wheeling trustee and patriarch of a local farming family has died. Mike Horcher — father of current Wheeling Village President Pat Horcher — died March 16. He wa...
‘Schaumburg has lost a legend’: Eight-term mayor Al Larson dies at 85

By Eric Peterson
Mar 20, 2024 11:47 am - Former Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson, a visionary leader who guided the community for more than four decades as it grew into the second largest economic hub in Illinois, die...
Mount Prospect Scouting leader remembered for commitment to youth

By Steve Zalusky
Mar 13, 2024 11:37 am - Bob Heuser was the epitome of a good Scout.The Mount Prospect resident, who died Jan. 29 at age 76 after a long illness, devoted more than half a century to Scouting, including about four decades with Boy Scouts of America Troop 23, a group he led as Scoutmaster for 14 years.
Bobbie Saverino, ‘the first lady of Carol Stream,’ dies

By Dave Oberhelman
Mar 08, 2024 2:56 pm - Roberta “Bobbie” Saverino, often called “the first lady of Carol Stream,” has died. Saverino, 80, the wife of Carol Stream Mayor Frank Saverino Sr., died Wednesday, March...
Antioch artist Dennis Downes, Trail Marker Tree sculptor, dies

By Dave Oberhelman
Mar 01, 2024 1:31 pm - “I was just getting to like me,” said Antioch artist and historian Dennis Downes during a 2021 interview with the Daily Herald, while addressing his 2016 Stage 4 colon ca...
Students, colleagues bid farewell to beloved music teacher

By Barbara Vitello
Feb 28, 2024 9:28 pm - Described as the embodiment of kindness, respect and care, Matthew David Bishop was a musician’s musician and an educator’s educator. Beloved and respected by students an...
Humorously morose comedian Richard Lewis, who recently starred on 'Curb Your Enthusiasm,' dies at 76

By MARK KENNEDY
Feb 28, 2024 3:15 pm - Richard Lewis, an acclaimed comedian known for exploring his neuroses in frantic, stream-of-consciousness diatribes while dressed in all-black, leading to his nickname “The Prince of Pain,” has died. He was 76.
Longtime NPR host Edwards dies at 76

Feb 13, 2024 6:37 am - NEW YORK — Bob Edwards, who anchored National Public Radio's “Morning Edition” for just shy of 25 years and was the baritone voice who told many Americans what had happen...
Acclaimed Japanese conductor Seiji Ozawa dies at age 88

By MARI YAMAGUCHI
Feb 09, 2024 6:33 am - TOKYO — Seiji Ozawa, the Japanese conductor who amazed audiences with the lithe physicality of his performances during three decades at the helm of the Boston Symphony Or...

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