Obituaries
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Cosmo editor Helen Gurley Brown dies at 90Aug 13, 2012 3:27 pm - NEW YORK — Helen Gurley Brown, the longtime editor of Cosmopolitan magazine who invited millions of women to join the sexual revolution, has died. She was 90. Brown died...
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Pesky Pole's namesake dead at 92Aug 13, 2012 3:00 pm - BOSTON — Johnny Pesky, who spent most of his 60-plus years in pro baseball with the Boston Red Sox and was beloved by the team's fans, has died. He was 92. Pesky died Mo...
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Longtime West Chicago business owner, civic leader diesAug 12, 2012 11:00 pm - West Chicago has lost one of its most devoted citizens. Robert Westrom, a former West Chicago business owner, firefighter and school board member, died Thursday at the ...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 11, 2012 4:44 pm - Marvin Hamlisch was blessed with perfect pitch and an infallible ear. “I heard sounds that other children didn’t hear,” he wrote in his autobiography. He turned that ski...
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Former Geneva High basketball coach John Barton diesAug 09, 2012 12:00 pm - Family, friends, former students, athletes and coaching colleagues said goodbye this week to one of Geneva’s most beloved coaches — for what he accomplished in his class...
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St. Charles lacrosse coach dies in skateboarding accidentAug 07, 2012 4:00 pm - In the “about me” section of his Facebook page, Mathew Shane Huffman lists only one approach to life — “family first.” For those who knew him, Huffman's dedication to pu...
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Family mourns Bartlett woman killed in crashAug 06, 2012 4:00 pm - At heart, Linda Reinert was a big kid who loved chocolate and music, friends and relatives of the 66-year-old Bartlett resident say. A retired music teacher in Elgin Are...
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Arlington Hts. loses link to early appliance storeAug 04, 2012 9:59 am - Life Story: Ed Landwehr ~ 1927-2012 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent Ed Landwehr grew up on a farm in Bensenville, but it wasn’t farming he dreamed of pursu...
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‘Circle of Friends’ author Binchy dies at 72Jul 30, 2012 11:58 pm - LONDON — Bestselling author Maeve Binchy, who was known for her depictions of small-town Irish life, has died in Dublin after a brief illness, according to Irish media r...
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Mt. Prospect resident pioneered the business of site selectionJul 28, 2012 6:25 pm - Known internationally as a business site selection specialist, Robert Ady pioneered the evolution of a fledgling industry into a respected profession while still finding...