Obituaries
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Sold as a baby, Cd'A woman finally locates familyDec 26, 2014 10:00 pm - COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) - In a search that spanned most of her life, Heather Livergood has found where she came from. And this Christmas she has the gift of family, in...
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Polish poet, translator Stanislaw Baranczak diesDec 26, 2014 10:00 pm - WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland's outstanding poet, translator and dissident and a former Harvard lecturer Stanislaw Baranczak has died at his U.S. home, Poland's leading d...
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Globetrotters' Robert 'Showboat' Hall diesDec 26, 2014 10:00 pm - DETROIT (AP) - Former Harlem Globetrotter Robert "Showboat" Hall, who spent nearly three decades with the team, has died in his hometown of Detroit. The Globetrotters sa...
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Jazz great Buddy DeFranco dies at age 91Dec 26, 2014 4:00 pm - PANAMA CITY, Fla. - Renowned jazz clarinetist Buddy DeFranco - who collaborated with Frank Sinatra, Billie Holiday and other top singers and musicians of his era - has d...
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Notable 2014 deaths in Chicago area and IllinoisDec 26, 2014 4:30 am - Jane Byrne: The first and only woman elected mayor of Chicago, her single term garnered mixed reviews, but her legacy — reviving Chicago as a film capital, encouragi...
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Final goodbye: Roll call of some who died in 2014Dec 26, 2014 4:00 am - They each turned a moment of violence into a call to action. For James Brady, that moment was when he was shot and wounded by a would-be presidential assassin. For Chung...
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Wheeling trustee had same approach to politics, policingDec 26, 2014 4:00 am - For Wheeling trustee and retired Buffalo Grove police officer Robert Heer, the roles of politician and police officer were two sides of the same coin. It all boiled down...
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Car dealer Al Piemonte dies at 83Dec 26, 2014 12:01 am - Al Piemonte, the car dealer well-known in the Chicago area for decades as a result of his TV commercials in which he talked with constant double hand gestures, has died,...
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A look back at those we lost this year in Fox Valley this yearDec 26, 2014 12:00 am - We said goodbye to several notable Fox Valley residents in 2014. Three women were murdered, allegedly by relatives. A child died while seeking a thrill. A longtime civic...
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Former Libertyville basketball star dies after fall in MissouriDec 26, 2014 12:00 am - Former Libertyville High School basketball star Jack Lipp, a freshman at the University of Missouri, has died at University Hospital after being in critical condition si...