Obituaries
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'He's free': Courageous, decadelong battle with ALS ends for Eric Von SchaumburgJun 22, 2023 1:00 am - Eric Von Schaumburg, a former standout athlete at Schaumburg High School who publicly fought a courageous, decadelong battle with ALS, has died at the age of 39. Since h...
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'She was a trailblazer': Aurora mourns the death of longtime alderman Hart-BurnsJun 21, 2023 1:00 am - Aurora Alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns dedicated herself to improving the lives of residents in the city she loved. She especially was committed to helping Aurora's childre...
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'A wonderful man, farmer and friend': Farming family patriarch Jim Goebbert has diedJun 21, 2023 1:00 am - Suburban farming family patriarch Jim Goebbert is being remembered as a man who was passionate about his life's work and loved his family. Goebbert, 94, of Huntley, died...
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Didier family matriarch, a link to the suburbs' agricultural roots, dies at age 98Jun 19, 2023 1:00 am - Mary Sue Link Didier, the matriarch of the family that owns Didier Farms near Lincolnshire, died last week at age 98. John Didier, one of her nine children, said his mot...
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Naperville community mourns recent college graduate killed at German tourist siteJun 19, 2023 1:00 am - While the father and twin sister of a 21-year-old Naperville woman killed when she was pushed off a steep mountain slope have traveled to Germany to retrieve her body, t...
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Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson, who mixed acting with politics, dies at 87
Jun 15, 2023 1:00 am - LONDON - Glenda Jackson, a two-time Academy Award-winning performer who had a second career in politics as a British lawmaker before an acclaimed late-life return to sta...
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Two-time Oscar winner Glenda Jackson, who mixed acting with politics, dies at 87
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'Hair,' 'Everwood' actor Treat Williams dies after Vermont motorcycle crash
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Olympian from Norge Ski Club dies after motorcycle crash
Jun 13, 2023 1:00 am - Patrick Gasienica, an Olympian from the Norge Ski Club, died after a motorcycle accident Monday afternoon. Gasienica, 24, was returning to his McHenry home from work whe...
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Former Des Plaines police commander, current Lake Bluff cop dies unexpectedlyJun 11, 2023 1:00 am - A former Des Plaines police commander, who more recently served as an officer in Lake Bluff, died unexpectedly last week while off duty. Jeff Jacoby, 55, died Tuesday in...