Obituaries
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Alan Arkin, Oscar-winning 'Little Miss Sunshine' actor, dies at 89
Jun 30, 2023 1:00 am - LOS ANGELES (AP) - Alan Arkin, the wry character actor who demonstrated his versatility in everything from farcical comedy to chilling drama as he received four Academy ...
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Aurora crowd says goodbye to late Alderman Scheketa Hart-BurnsJun 30, 2023 1:00 am - City officials, workers and residents lined Downer Place outside Aurora City Hall on Friday afternoon to bid goodbye to the late Alderman Scheketa Hart-Burns. A horse-dr...
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'A legend': Hall of fame Mundelein High School wrestling coach Don Miller has diedJun 27, 2023 1:00 am - Don E. Miller, a celebrated athletic coach who also was among Mundelein High School's original teachers, has died. Miller, 91, died Thursday at his Wauconda home. He'd s...
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Chicago billionaire who vowed to address violent crime dies in Colorado crash
Jun 26, 2023 1:00 am - Chicago businessman James Crown, who recently pledged to address violent crime in Chicago by enlisting fellow CEOs to join him in a massive jobs program, died Sunday in ...
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Tony-winning lyricist Sheldon Harnick 'Fiddler on the Roof' creator, dies at 99
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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...