Obituaries
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Marshall Brodien, who played Wizzo The Wizard on 'Bozo' show, dies at 84Mar 08, 2019 12:00 am - Editor's note: Brodien died early Friday. This information was incorrectly reported in an earlier posted version. Groundbreaking magician Marshall Brodien - known t...
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Olympic medalist Daniel Rudisha, father of David, dies at 73
Mar 07, 2019 6:00 am - NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Daniel Rudisha, an Olympic silver-medalist runner in 1968 and the father of two-time Olympic 800-meter champion David Rudisha, has died. He was 73....
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Family and friends remember longtime suburban funeral directorMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - For decades, Joseph Salerno served as a source of comfort for thousands of families and friends throughout the suburbs, On Thursday, those family, friends and peers reme...
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'A pillar of our village': Former Elk Grove Fire Chief Charles Henrici diesMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Former Elk Grove Village Fire Chief Charles "Chuck" Henrici has died at age 83, the village announced Thursday. Henrici served in the Elk Grove Village Fire Department f...
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Former DuPage GOP chairwoman remembered as 'trailblazer'Mar 06, 2019 12:00 am - Longtime DuPage County Republican Chairwoman Barbara Murphy may not have considered herself a trailblazer, even if her contemporaries did. Her obituary notes Murphy alwa...
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Former Itasca Mayor Shirley Ketter dies at 90Mar 06, 2019 12:00 am - Former Itasca Mayor Shirley Ketter, who was the first woman elected to the village board, died Tuesday afternoon. She was 90. Ketter was elected as a trustee to the Itas...
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'Brilliant' man who was an inventor of the calculator dies
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Former German foreign minister Klaus Kinkel dies at 82
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Professional wrestler King Kong Bundy dies at age 61
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Legendary Napa Valley vintner John Shafer dies at 94