Obituaries
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Risé Jones remembered as Elgin’s ‘renaissance woman’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.
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‘Such a force for good’: Renowned environmental lawyer Collins who fought for pollution victims diesDec 16, 2024 6:59 pm - Shawn Collins, 67, who took on corporate polluters and was devoted to his family, is remembered.
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George Kresge Jr., who wowed talk show audiences as the The Amazing Kreskin, dies at age 89
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...
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Former White Sox slugger and longtime analyst Bill Melton dies at 79
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.
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Former Schaumburg Township trustee Diane Dunham, wife of Schaumburg village trustee, diesDec 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.
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Marshall Brickman, who co-wrote ‘Annie Hall’ with Woody Allen, dies at 85
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.
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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. ...
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Arthur Frommer, travel guide innovator, has died at 95
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.
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Elk Grove Village business leader remembered as town ‘celebrity’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.”
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Quincy Jones, music titan who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, dies at 91
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.