Obituaries
-
Notable deaths last weekAug 16, 2014 1:01 am - From his breakthrough in the late 1970s as the alien in the hit TV show "Mork & Mindy," through his standup act and numerous hit films, the short, barrel-chested Robin W...
-
Late journalist remembered:Aug 16, 2014 1:01 am - A memorial for a journalist and author with roots in Lake County was held Thursday at the Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville. James D. Frederick, 42, d...
-
'Dogtown' skateboarder Jay Adams dies at 53Aug 15, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Jay Adams, the colorful rebel who helped transform skateboarding from a simple street pastime into one of the world's most spectacular sports with hair-rai...
-
Robin Williams, boisterous comedy star, dead at 63Aug 10, 2014 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - He was the funniest guy in the room, something that made it all the harder for friends and fans to accept that beneath that reservoir of frenetic energy ...
-
Notable deaths last weekAug 09, 2014 1:01 am - • Henry Stone, a fixture on the R&B and disco scene who was instrumental in the careers of Ray Charles, James Brown and KC & the Sunshine Band, has died. He was 93. Ston...
-
Services Friday for Long Grove man who died base jumpingAug 06, 2014 1:00 am - Services have been set for Adam Rubin, a 23-year-old Long Grove native who died last week in a base jumping accident in Twin Falls, Idaho. Rubin will be remembered with ...
-
Ed Sprinkle, football's 'meanest man,' dies at 90Aug 05, 2014 1:01 am - Ed Sprinkle, a star defensive end for the Chicago Bears in the 1940s and '50s who was called the "meanest man" in football, has died. He was 90. He died July 28 in Palo...
-
Long Grove man dies base jumping in IdahoAug 04, 2014 1:01 am - Tommy Schuch first met Adam Rubin minutes after Rubin's first tandem sky-dive - when Rubin had a huge smile splayed across his face and a promise to jump again on his li...
-
Notable deaths last weekAug 02, 2014 1:01 am - • Manny Roth, a colorful club owner in Greenwich Village whose Cafe Wha? and its basement level stage was a rite of passage in the 1960s for Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, Bru...
-
Memorial service set for mom who saved boyJul 25, 2014 1:00 am - A memorial service for Karen Wessel, the Arlington Heights mom who died after heroically saving a 9-year-old boy from drowning in a Wisconsin lake, will be held Saturday...