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North Central Hall of Famer, Naperville resident Jeff Thorne dies after bout with cancer

By Dave Oberhelman
Dec 10, 2025 12:07 pm - Jeff Thorne, a star quarterback at Wheaton Central High School and Eastern Illinois University who coached North Central College to its first national football title, died Tuesday at age 53.
Sophie Kinsella, author of the millions-selling ‘Shopaholic’ novels, dies at 55

Dec 10, 2025 7:44 am - Sophie Kinsella, the author behind the popular “Confessions of a Shopaholic,” died Monday from complications of brain cancer. She was 55.
Her legacy ‘continues to shape our village for the better’: Former Buffalo Grove mayor Beverly Sussman has died

By Barbara Vitello
Dec 06, 2025 5:24 pm - Beverly Sussman, longtime Buffalo Grove village trustee and two-term village president, has died, her son reported Saturday on social media.
Frank Gehry, the most celebrated architect of his time, dies at 96

By JOHN ROGERS
Dec 05, 2025 3:48 pm - Frank Gehry, who designed some of the most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level of worldwide acclaim seldom afforded any architect, has died. He was 96.
Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies at 88

By JILL LAWLESS
Nov 29, 2025 9:19 pm - British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare In Love,” has died. He was 88.
Sally Kirkland, stage and screen star who earned an Oscar nomination for ‘Anna,’ dies at age 84

By MARK KENNEDY
Nov 11, 2025 12:05 pm - Sally Kirkland, a one-time model who became a regular on stage, film and TV, best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in “The Sting” and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie “Anna,” has died. She was 84.
Burt Meyer, Chicago toymaker behind classics like Lite-Brite, Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, has died at 99

By Maureen O’Donnell
Nov 08, 2025 4:52 pm - Burt Meyer brought toy joy to baby boomers, Millennials and all the Gens — from Alpha to X to Z. An inventor, designer and artist, Meyer, whose work contributed to Chicago becoming a vibrant center of toy design, died Oct. 30 at a west suburban retirement community. He was 99.
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84

By CALVIN WOODWARD
Nov 04, 2025 6:08 am - Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in U.S. history and a leading advocate for the invasion of Iraq, has died at age 84.
Prunella Scales, who played Sybil in British sitcom ‘Fawlty Towers,’ dies at 93

By JILL LAWLESS
Oct 28, 2025 10:56 am - Actor Prunella Scales, best known as acid-tongued Sybil Fawlty in the classic British sitcom “Fawlty Towers,” has died, her children said Tuesday. She was 93 and had lived with dementia for many years.
June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost In Space,’ dies at 100

By BOB THOMAS and BETH HARRIS
Oct 25, 2025 3:40 pm - LOS ANGELES — June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at home in “Lassie” or out among the stars in “Lost In Space,” has ...

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