Obituaries
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Wheaton mourns Joel Gomez, an Iraq War heroNov 23, 2022 4:30 am - Army Sgt. Joel Gomez, an Iraq War veteran and Wheaton native whose community rallied around him when he returned home, died Tuesday due to complications from the injurie...
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William J. Kunkle Jr., prosecutor in Gacy, DuPage 7 cases, dead at 81
Nov 21, 2022 12:00 am - As the prosecutor who secured the death penalty for serial killer John Wayne Gacy, William J. Kunkle Jr. could have coasted on the celebrity of the case for the rest of ...
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'Being kind became mundane to him': Wheaton Warrenville grad who died in fall being rememberedNov 19, 2022 12:00 am - Scores of friends and family members Sunday will continue celebrating the life of a 2019 Wheaton Warrenville South High School graduate and star athlete who died in a fa...
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Robert Clary, last of the 'Hogan's Heroes' stars, dies at 96
Nov 17, 2022 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom "Ho...
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John Aniston, star of 'Days of Our Lives,' dead at 89
Nov 14, 2022 6:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime soap opera 'œDays of Our Lives'ť and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89. The actor's daugh...
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Soap opera star John Aniston dies at 8
Nov 14, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - John Aniston, the Emmy-winning star of the daytime soap opera "Days of Our Lives" and father of Jennifer Aniston, has died at age 89. The actor's daughter pos...
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Former Fox River Grove police chief remembered as a steadying presence amid tragedyNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Former Fox River Grove Police Chief Robert "Bob" H. Polston, who steered the small village through its greatest tragedy, died Sunday at 75. Polston started at the depart...
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'He just loved the people': Former Wheeling restaurateur Joe Kilcoyne Sr. diesNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - The beloved former owner of a Wheeling restaurant and bar that bears his name has died. Joe Kilcoyne Sr., the longtime operator of Kilcoyne's Redwood Inn, passed away Fr...
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'He was really special': Retired Mundelein pastor Kenneth Press has diedNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Visitation will begin this afternoon for a former pastor of Community Protestant Church in Mundelein. The Rev. Kenneth Press, most recently of Lake Bluff, died Friday. H...
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Former MMA fighter Anthony 'Rumble' Johnson dies at 38
Nov 13, 2022 6:00 am - Anthony 'œRumble'ť Johnson, an MMA light heavyweight fighter who went 23-6 in his career, has died. He was 38. Bellator MMA announced Johnson's death on social media on ...