Obituaries
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Actress Rose Marie of 'Dick Van Dyke Show' fame dies at 94
Dec 28, 2017 6:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Rose Marie, the wisecracking Sally Rogers of "The Dick Van Dyke Show" and a show business lifer who began as a bobbed-hair child star in vaudeville an...
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These suburban men killed in Vietnam have no photos for the 'Wall of Faces'Dec 28, 2017 4:00 am - The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is looking for photos of these suburban men killed in Vietnam for its "Wall of Faces," a digital roster of images that show the human ...
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Why group wants photos of every service member killed in VietnamDec 28, 2017 4:00 am - YouTube The son of an Elmhurst native, Johnson was mortally wounded in 2012 by an improvised explosive device in one of the country's most dangerous regions. Images of J...
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One month after dropping puck at Blackhawks game, Mount Prospect 10-year-old diesDec 28, 2017 12:00 am - Less than one month after dropping the puck with Eddie Olczyk at the Blackhawks' "Hockey Fights Cancer" night, Lauren Graver, a 10-year-old Mount Prospect girl, died fro...
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Jack Van Berg, Hall of Famer who trained Alysheba, dies
Dec 27, 2017 6:00 am - Jack Van Berg, a Hall of Fame trainer who oversaw Alysheba to victories in the 1987 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, died Wednesday. He was 81. He died in a Little Rock, Ar...
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Connecticut news radio veteran Fran Schneidau dies at 79
Dec 27, 2017 6:00 am - HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - A longtime WCBS radio reporter whose distinctive voice could be heard delivering Connecticut news for 39 years has died. Fran Schneidau had retire...
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Longtime contributors Northwest suburbs lost in 2017Dec 27, 2017 4:00 am - The Northwest suburbs lost several valuable and long-serving contributors to their respective communities during 2017, not least of whom was Bartlett Village Trustee T.L...
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Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2017
Dec 27, 2017 12:00 am - They made music that inspired legions of fans. Rock 'n' roll founding fathers Chuck Berry and Fats Domino, rockers Tom Petty and Greg Allman, grunge icon Chris Cornell, ...
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Life Story: Longtime Lake County educator found his calling in administrationDec 27, 2017 12:00 am - He loved to teach but Paul Doescher Jr. found his true skill in school administration, which became his life's work. Doescher, who lived in Libertyville for 50 years bef...
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Longtime local television news anchor in Buffalo dies at 87
Dec 26, 2017 6:00 am - BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - A longtime local television news anchor in Buffalo, New York, known for his "rapid-fire delivery and famous alliteration" has died. Irv Weinstein wa...