Obituaries
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Jane Russell, star of ’40s and ’50s films, diesFeb 28, 2011 1:00 am - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jane Russell, the busty brunette who shot to fame as the sexy star of Howard Hughes’ 1941 Western “The Outlaw,” died Monday of respiratory...
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District 26 mourns loss of gifted teacherFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Janice Meyer ~ 1954-2011 Students and faculty at River Trails Middle School in Mount Prospect are mourning the loss of a favorite teacher. Janice Meyer, who taught ...
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Last living US WWI vet dies in W. Va. at age 110Feb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Frank Buckles was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. He would later become the last su...
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Blues legend Eddie Kirkland dies in Fla. wreckFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (AP) - An 88-year-old blues legend known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" was killed in Florida when his car turned into the path of a Greyhound bus. Edd...
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Des Plaines baseball umpire loved teaching gameFeb 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Robert Riddel lived in Des Plaines for nearly 55 years, where he built a successful career as an insurance salesman. But families in town knew him in only one role: as a...
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Indian comic book pioneer 'Uncle Pai' dies at 81Feb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI — Anant Pai, a comic book pioneer whose colorful adaptations of Hindu mythology have been cherished by Indian children for nearly half a century, has died of ...
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Veteran Elk Grove park commissioner dies at 79Feb 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Veteran Elk Grove Park District Commissioner Ronald A. Foster Sr., 79, died at his home this weekend of natural causes. The 50-year Elk Grove Village resident was first ...
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Priest built lay ministry at Hispanic mission in PalatineFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - A variety of lay ministers help to administer activities at Mission San Juan Diego in Arlington Heights, including several deacons, a religious education director and mu...
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Des Plaines mourns death of 'icon'Feb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Former alderman Tom Koplos spent a lifetime in 1st Ward
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Jazz pianist George Shearing dies at 91Feb 13, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has ...