Obituaries
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Devo guitarist Bob Casale dies at age 61Feb 17, 2014 10:00 pm - NEW YORK - Bob Casale, the guitarist for Devo, best known for the 1980 hit "Whip It," died of heart failure, his brother and band member Gerald Casale said Tuesday. He w...
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Harold Weary, one of Mount Prospect's most honored citizens, dies at 105Feb 17, 2014 12:01 am - Mount Prospect lost one of its best-known, most-decorated residents Friday when Harold Weary, 105, died at the Lutheran Home in Arlington Heights. Many remember Harold a...
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Notable deaths last weekFeb 14, 2014 10:00 pm - Carl Reiner remembers Sid Caesar as a great flame who drew comedy writer "moths" including Mel Brooks and Neil Simon to his side. The genius of 1950s TV comedy is illumi...
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Services Saturday for Arlington Hts. first female police officerFeb 14, 2014 12:01 am - Irene Louise Larson, the first female police officer in Arlington Heights, will be remembered Saturday with a church service and luncheon. Larson, 67, died on Feb. 7 aft...
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'Waltons' patriarch Ralph Waite dies at 85Feb 14, 2014 12:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Ralph Waite, who played the father in TV's hit series "The Waltons," has died. Waite's manager, Alan Mills, says the actor died midday Thursday in the Pal...
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Former White Sox manager Jim Fregosi dies at 71Feb 14, 2014 12:01 am - ATLANTA - Jim Fregosi, a former All-Star who won more than 1,000 games as a manager for four teams, died Friday after an apparent stroke. He was 71. The Atlanta Braves s...
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Funeral set for Lake Zurich business owner Howard Branding, 73Feb 13, 2014 12:00 am - Howard E. Branding, the former owner of one of downtown Lake Zurich's more popular eateries, is being remembered as a devoted family man — and for a favorite breakfast d...
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Rolling Meadows woman believed in justice for allFeb 12, 2014 12:01 am - A longtime human rights advocate, whose passion stretched from the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s to helping Rolling Meadows families in crisis in the 1990...
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Notable deaths last weekFeb 08, 2014 4:52 pm - He was only 46, busy as ever and secure in his standing as one of the world’s greatest actors. There were no dissenters about the gifts and achievements of Philip Seymou...
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Longtime Walter Sundling Junior High band director diesFeb 07, 2014 4:30 am - To his students, Sam Malambri was the “Pied Piper of Palatine.” The goofy band director turned Walter Sundling Junior High concerts on their head — inviting parents onst...