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Richard Perry, record producer behind ‘You’re So Vain’ and other hits, dies at 82

By HILLEL ITALIE
Dec 25, 2024 7:10 pm - Richard Perry, a hitmaking record producer with a flair for both standards and contemporary sounds whose many successes included Carly Simon’s “You’re So Vain,” Rod Stewa...
Memorial service Saturday for former Glen Ellyn trustee Phyllis Scanlan

By Russell Lissau
Dec 24, 2024 12:20 pm - A memorial service will be held Saturday, Dec. 28, for former Glen Ellyn trustee Phyllis G. Scanlan.
Stolen base king Rickey Henderson dies at 65

By JOSH DUBOW
Dec 21, 2024 6:14 pm - OAKLAND, Calif. — Hall of Famer Rickey Henderson, the brash speedster who shattered stolen base records and redefined baseball's leadoff position, has died. He was 65. He...
Risé Jones remembered as Elgin’s ‘renaissance woman’

By Jim Davis, Special to the Daily Herald
Dec 17, 2024 9:14 am - Renaissance woman Risé Dawn Jones, 58, dies suddenly, a leaving a legacy of community leadership and youth arts programs in Elgin.
‘Such a force for good’: Renowned environmental lawyer Collins who fought for pollution victims dies

By Marni Pyke
Dec 16, 2024 6:59 pm - Shawn Collins, 67, who took on corporate polluters and was devoted to his family, is remembered.
George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89

Associated Press
Dec 11, 2024 10:03 am - NEW YORK — George Joseph Kresge Jr., who was known to generations of TV watchers as the mesmerizing entertainer and mentalist The Amazing Kreskin, has died at age 89. Kre...
Former White Sox slugger and longtime analyst Bill Melton dies at 79

By ANDREW SELIGMAN
Dec 05, 2024 1:52 pm - Bill Melton, a star slugger for the White Sox in the 1970s who later became a fixture on their broadcasts as a pregame and postgame TV analyst for more than two decades, has died. He was 79.
Former Schaumburg Township trustee Diane Dunham, wife of Schaumburg village trustee, dies

By Eric Peterson
Dec 02, 2024 5:51 pm - Diane Dunham, a former 20-year trustee of Schaumburg Township and the wife of 52 years of Schaumburg senior Village Trustee George Dunham, died Saturday after a recurrence of the cancer she’d successfully fought a few years before.
Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote ‘Annie Hall’ with Woody Allen, dies at 85

By JAKE COYLE
Dec 02, 2024 7:07 am - The Oscar-winning screenwriter Marshall Brickman, whose wide-ranging career spanned some of Woody Allen’s best films, the Broadway musical “Jersey Boys” and a number of Johnny Carson’s most beloved sketches, has died. He was 85.
Former My Chemical Romance drummer Bob Bryar dies at age 44

Dec 01, 2024 1:37 pm - Bob Bryar, a former drummer with My Chemical Romance who played on the band’s career-defining rock opera, “The Black Parade,” has died, according to the band. He was 44. ...

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