Obituaries
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Martyl Langsdorf, artist who designed Doomsday Clock, dies at 96Mar 28, 2013 10:22 am - Resident of historic Schaumburg home designed the Doomsday Clock
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Arlington Heights referee, youth advocate loses battle with cancerMar 26, 2013 11:30 am - Longtime Northwest suburban basketball referee Bill Spicer, who battled a rare form of leukemia for nearly a year, succumbed to the disease Sunday. He was 59. Spicer suf...
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Longtime religious leader dies from brain cancerMar 26, 2013 10:20 am - Monsignor Robert Hoffman touched the lives of many people throughout the suburbs during a tenure in the church that saw him serve from DeKalb and Rockford to Aurora and ...
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Conant students, staff pay tribute to 'Blue Cart Lady'Mar 26, 2013 10:00 am - When students at Conant High School entered the cafeteria for lunch, many looked forward to something more than socializing and satisfying their hunger. For some, the hi...
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Notable deaths last weekMar 23, 2013 4:54 pm - Boris Berezovsky, a self-exiled and outspoken Russian tycoon who had a bitter falling out with Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been found dead in southeast England...
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Achebe, 82, inspired generations of Nigerian writersMar 22, 2013 3:08 pm - LAGOS, Nigeria — Nigerian author Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani was just 10 years old when she first read Chinua Achebe’s groundbreaking novel “Things Fall Apart.” She devoured ...
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Notable deaths last weekMar 16, 2013 4:54 pm - Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist, the last surviving member of the German resistance group that tried unsuccessfully to kill Adolf Hitler, has died. He was 90. As a 21-year-old...
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Rolling Meadows loses one of its first residentsMar 14, 2013 6:00 pm - Martha Roberts was one of Rolling Meadows' first residents, and she worked tirelessly to interest others in the city's history and museum. Roberts died Feb. 26 at age 86...
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Ted Sherwood, former Des Plaines mayor, diesMar 12, 2013 4:00 pm - Former Des Plaines Mayor Edward “Ted” Sherwood, 91, died Monday. A World War II Army veteran, Sherwood moved to Des Plaines in 1961 and served as mayor from 1993 to 1997...
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Notable deaths last weekMar 09, 2013 4:37 pm - Dawn Clark Netsch, a pioneer of Illinois politics who helped rewrite the state’s constitution and broke ground as the first woman to run for governor on a major ticket, ...