Obituaries
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Images: Notable deaths in 2012Dec 27, 2012 4:30 am - ...
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Remembering the lives of residents who died in 2012 in the Fox ValleyDec 26, 2012 1:15 pm - We mark the notable deaths of several people throughout the Fox Valley in 2012. Some we remember for their lives spent trying to improve the world; others, due to tragi...
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Charles Durning, king of character actors, diesDec 25, 2012 7:57 am - LOS ANGELES — Charles Durning grew up in poverty, lost five of his nine siblings to disease, barely lived through D-Day and was taken prisoner at the Battle of the Bulge...
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Bork, whose failed nomination made history, diesDec 19, 2012 4:57 pm - MCLEAN, Va. — Robert H. Bork, who stepped in to fire the Watergate prosecutor at Richard Nixon’s behest and whose failed 1987 nomination to the Supreme Court helped draw...
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Slain Woodridge woman loved to help othersDec 18, 2012 9:00 pm - Ex-boyfriend accused of killing Alyssa Van Meter
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Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii dead at 88Dec 17, 2012 5:29 pm - WASHINGTON — Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the...
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Sugar Grove businessman who helped revolutionize Wall Street diesDec 16, 2012 10:00 pm - Anthony “AJ” Rich harbored a love for electronics from the time he was 10 years old and discovered radio until the day he died, just shy of his 96th birthday. Rich, of ...
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Rolling Meadows alderman dies after battle with cancerDec 16, 2012 1:16 pm - Rolling Meadows alderman and longtime community member Larry Buske died Sunday after battling lung cancer for more than a year. Buske, 68, held the 3rd Ward City Council...
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Round Lake boy remembered for his constant smileDec 15, 2012 2:54 pm - When Kristina Lancaster woke up Saturday morning and looked out her window, she saw white ribbons tied around the trees along her street in Round Lake. That was yet anot...
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Bakery founder, businessman Nick Nicholas dies at 83Dec 13, 2012 4:31 pm - Life stories Nick Nicholas ~ 1929-2012 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent Nick Nicholas co-founded Alpha Baking Company, which has grown to be one of the...