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From Pope Francis to Charlie Kirk, many deaths in 2025 had a wide impact

By BERNARD McGHEE
Dec 29, 2025 8:00 pm - The death of Pope Francis brought change to the Catholic Church, which counts 1.4 billion adherents and is now led — for the first time — by an American pope. The fatal s...
Those we lost: Local leaders, former governors and a conservative activist among notable deaths of 2025

By Madhu Krishnamurthy
Dec 29, 2025 6:56 pm - As we close out 2025, we remember those we lost this year in the suburbs.
Brigitte Bardot, 1960s French sex symbol turned militant animal rights activist, dies at 91

By THOMAS ADAMSON and ELAINE GANLEY
Dec 28, 2025 10:04 am - Brigitte Bardot, the French 1960s sex symbol who became one of the greatest screen sirens of the 20th century and later a militant animal rights activist and far-right supporter, has died. She was 91.
WWII Navy veteran Ira ‘Ike’ Schab, one of last remaining Pearl Harbor survivors, dies at 105

By JENNIFER PELTZ and JAIMIE DING
Dec 20, 2025 8:17 pm - World War II Navy veteran Ira “Ike” Schab, one of the dwindling number of survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor, has died. He was 105.
Pulitzer Prize-winning correspondent Peter Arnett, who reported on Vietnam and Gulf wars, has died

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 17, 2025 10:15 pm - Peter Arnett, the Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter who spent decades dodging bullets and bombs to bring the world eyewitness accounts of war from the rice paddies of Vietnam to the deserts of Iraq, has died. He was 91.
Rob Reiner, son of a comedy giant who became one in turn, dies at 78

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 15, 2025 7:03 am - Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who became one himself as one of the preeminent filmmakers of his generation with movies such as “The Princess Bride,” “When Harry Met Sally …” and “This Is Spinal Tap,” has died. He was 78.
North Central Hall of Famer, Naperville resident Jeff Thorne dies after bout with cancer

By Dave Oberhelman
Dec 10, 2025 12:07 pm - Jeff Thorne, a star quarterback at Wheaton Central High School and Eastern Illinois University who coached North Central College to its first national football title, died Tuesday at age 53.
Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55

Dec 10, 2025 7:44 am - Sophie Kinsella, the author behind the popular “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” died Monday from complications of brain cancer. She was 55.
Her legacy ‘continues to shape our village for the better’: Former Buffalo Grove mayor Beverly Sussman has died

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 06, 2025 5:24 pm - Beverly Sussman, longtime Buffalo Grove village trustee and two-term village president, has died, her son reported Saturday on social media.
Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 05, 2025 3:48 pm - Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96.

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