Obituaries
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Leave It to Beaver' actor Frank Bank diesApr 16, 2013 5:00 pm - LOS ANGELES — Frank Bank, who played oafish troublemaker Lumpy on the sitcom “Leave It to Beaver,” has died. He was 71. A spokesman for the Hillside Memorial Park in Los...
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Notable deaths last weekApr 13, 2013 5:20 pm - She was the first crush for a generation of boys, the perfect playmate for a generation of girls. Annette Funicello, who became a child star as a cute-as-a-button Mousek...
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Longtime Conant math teacher remembered as ‘great enthusiast’Apr 12, 2013 3:15 pm - In the 1960s and 1970s, the population at Conant High School was on the rise, and therefore, the number of teachers being hired was also increasing. At that time, Bill M...
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Ebert's services set for MondayApr 06, 2013 6:00 pm - The funeral service for film critic Roger Ebert will be held Monday at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. The 10 a.m. service will be open to friends and fans of the belove...
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Ebert kept strong link to U of I, Daily IlliniApr 04, 2013 5:12 pm - Roger Ebert never forgot his alma mater, the University of Illinois. The famed film critic was one of the most visible alumni of the school and made large donations. Tha...
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Emanuel, Quinn praise late film critic Roger EbertApr 04, 2013 4:22 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is praising famed film critic Roger Ebert for his contributions to the motion picture industry as well as to the city. After learning that th...
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Ebert was first film critic to win PulitzerApr 04, 2013 4:12 pm - Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize- winning film critic famous for his thumbs-up, thumbs-down method of judging movies, has died. He was 70. He died Thursday in Chicago fol...
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Fremd High School sophomore dies visiting family in CaliforniaApr 01, 2013 11:00 am - When doctors told Valecha Banks she needed to remove her son from Southern California's rampant smog and pollen, she immediately put in for a transfer to her company's M...
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Notable deaths last weekMar 30, 2013 5:15 pm - Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon. But for millions of ...
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Martyl Langsdorf, Doomsday Clock artist, dies at 96Mar 29, 2013 5:15 am - Martyl Langsdorf, longtime resident of Schaumburg's historic Schweikher House and the professional artist who first depicted the nuclear Doomsday Clock, died Tuesday at ...