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Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose ministry was toppled by prostitution scandals, dies at 90

Jul 01, 2025 10:36 am - Televangelist Jimmy Swaggart, whose multimillion-dollar ministry and huge audience dwindled following his prostitution scandals, has died. He was 90.
Funeral scheduled for former Des Plaines Alderman Rosemary S. Argus

By Russell Lissau
Jun 30, 2025 8:50 pm - Funeral arrangements have been set for former Des Plaines City Council and Mount Prospect Park District board member Rosemary S. Argus, 88.
Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary turned acclaimed TV journalist, dead at 91

By FRAZIER MOORE
Jun 26, 2025 4:00 pm - NEW YORK — Bill Moyers, the former White House press secretary who became one of television’s most honored journalists, masterfully using a visual medium to illuminate a ...
‘Her ideas were trailblazing’: Former Des Plaines civic leader Rosemary Argus has died

By Russell Lissau
Jun 19, 2025 2:13 pm - Rosemary S. Argus, a former member of both the Mount Prospect Park District board and the Des Plaines City Council died Wednesday. She was 88.
Elk Grove Village Clerk Lorrie Murphy dies at 63

By Christopher Placek
Jun 18, 2025 9:05 pm - Elk Grove Village Clerk Lorrie Murphy has died at 63 after a long illness. Jen Mahon was appointed Tuesday as her successor.
Anne Burrell, TV chef who coached the ‘Worst Cooks in America,’ dies at 55

By JENNIFER PELTZ
Jun 17, 2025 8:41 pm - TV chef Anne Burrell, who coached culinary fumblers through hundreds of episodes of “Worst Cooks in America,” died Tuesday at her New York home. She was 55.
Brian Wilson, Beach Boys visionary leader and summer’s poet laureate, dies at 82

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 11, 2025 11:59 am - Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems and made him one of the world’s most influential recording artists, has died at 82.
Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82

By HILLEL ITALIE
Jun 09, 2025 3:41 pm - Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed popular music in the 1960s and ’70s and beyond with such hits as “Everyday People,” “Stand!” and “Family Affair,” died Monday at age 82.
Actor Valerie Mahaffey, ‘Northern Exposure’ Emmy winner, dies after cancer battle, publicist says

The Associated Press
Jun 01, 2025 9:10 am - Celebrated actor Valerie Mahaffey, whose stage, film and television work ranged from Shakespeare to the hit 1990s series “Northern Exposure,” died at 71 after a battle with cancer, according to a statement released Saturday by her publicist.
Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Houlihan on pioneering TV series ‘M.A.S.H.,’ has died at 87

By MARK KENNEDY
May 30, 2025 3:55 pm - Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse of a behind-the-lines surgical unit during the Korean War on the pioneering hit TV series “M.A.S.H.,” has died. She was 87.

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