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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. ...
Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95

By BETH HARPAZ
Nov 19, 2024 7:13 am - Arthur Frommer, whose "Europe on 5 Dollars a Day" guidebooks revolutionized leisure travel by convincing average Americans to take budget vacations abroad, has died. He was 95.
Elk Grove Village business leader remembered as town ‘celebrity’

By Elizabeth Maxwell
Nov 06, 2024 10:32 am - Not everyone can say their mother was regarded as a celebrity in their hometown. But Nancy L. Carlson’s three children can. The former president of the Greater O’Hare Chamber of Commerce was a fixture in the community, and was often recognized around town, thanks to her local TV show, “Strictly Business.”
Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91

By HILLEL ITALIE
Nov 04, 2024 6:56 am - Quincy Jones, the multitalented music titan whose vast legacy ranged from producing Michael Jackson’s historic “Thriller” album to writing prize-winning film and television scores and collaborating with Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles and hundreds of other recording artists, has died at 91.

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