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Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

By MARK KENNEDY
Jul 13, 2024 9:46 am - Dr. Ruth Westheimer, the diminutive sex therapist who became a pop icon, media star and bestselling author through her frank talk about once-taboo bedroom topics, has died. She was 96.
Shelley Duvall, star of ‘The Shining,’ ‘Nashville,’ dies at 75

By JAKE COYLE
Jul 11, 2024 11:24 am - Shelley Duvall, the intrepid, Texas-born movie star whose wide-eyed, winsome presence was a mainstay in the films of Robert Altman and who co-starred in Stanley Kubrick's “The Shining,” has died. She was 75.
‘Trailblazer’ Nanci Vanderweel, who shattered political glass ceilings in the 70s, dies at 87

By Christopher Placek
Jul 10, 2024 8:19 pm - Nanci Vanderweel, a trailblazer in Northwest suburban politics and among the first women elected to public office in the region, has died. The former Elk Grove Township supervisor, township trustee and Elk Grove Village trustee passed peacefully Saturday, according to her family. She was 87.
Former U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a 'hoax,' dies at 89

KEN MILLER
Jul 09, 2024 11:15 am - OKLAHOMA CITY — Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative firebrand known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for th...
Singer, songwriter, provocateur and politician Kinky Friedman dead at 79

By JIM VERTUNO
Jun 29, 2024 2:08 pm - AUSTIN, Texas — Singer, songwriter, satirist and novelist Kinky Friedman, who led the alt-country band Texas Jewboys, toured with Bob Dylan, sang with Willie Nelson, and ...
Martin Mull, hip comic and actor from ‘Fernwood Tonight’ and ‘Roseanne,’ dies at 80

ANDREW DALTON
Jun 29, 2024 2:05 pm - LOS ANGELES — Martin Mull, whose droll, esoteric comedy and acting made him a hip sensation in the 1970s and later a beloved guest star on sitcoms including “Roseanne” an...
Bob Beal, Illinois boxing and martial arts hall of famer, dies

By Dave Oberhelman
Jun 29, 2024 12:21 pm - Once described as having fists “like hammers from hell,” Bob Beal was an inductee into the Illinois Boxing Hall of Fame and the Illinois Martial Arts Hall of Fame, both in 2015. He died May 27.
Bill Cobbs, the prolific and sage character actor, dies at 90

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 27, 2024 6:44 am - Bill Cobbs, the veteran character actor who became a ubiquitous and sage screen presence as an older man, has died. He was 90.
Long Grove resident who founded Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffees dies at 82

By Eric Peterson
Jun 25, 2024 4:54 pm - Gloria Jean Kvetko of Long Grove, the founder and namesake of the international brand Gloria Jean’s Gourmet Coffees, has died at the age of 82.
Donald Sutherland, the towering actor whose career spanned ‘M.A.S.H.’ to ‘Hunger Games,’ dies at 88

By JAKE COYLE
Jun 20, 2024 12:39 pm - Donald Sutherland, the prolific film and television actor whose long career stretched from "M.A.S.H." to “The Hunger Games,” has died. He was 88.

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