Obituaries
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Notable deaths last weekAug 30, 2014 1:01 am - • Richard Attenborough was a lord, an Oscar-winning director for the much-lauded "Gandhi" and an unflagging pillar to British cinema. But Attenborough, who died at 90, w...
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"Church lady" earned clients', colleagues' respectAug 26, 2014 1:01 am - Around the advertising department of the Daily Herald, colleagues referred to Chris Harper as the "church lady," since she was the go-to person for churches and religiou...
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Services set for 29-year-old Des Plaines alderman who died of strokeAug 26, 2014 1:00 am - Funeral services have been set for 29-year-old Des Plaines Alderman Joanna Sojka, who died Aug. 18 of an apparent stroke. A visitation is scheduled for 5 p.m. Wednesday,...
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Des Plaines alderman dies of stroke at 29Aug 19, 2014 1:00 am - Des Plaines alderman, Schaumburg High grad dies at 29
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Notable deaths last weekAug 16, 2014 1:01 am - From his breakthrough in the late 1970s as the alien in the hit TV show "Mork & Mindy," through his standup act and numerous hit films, the short, barrel-chested Robin W...
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Late journalist remembered:Aug 16, 2014 1:01 am - A memorial for a journalist and author with roots in Lake County was held Thursday at the Independence Grove Forest Preserve near Libertyville. James D. Frederick, 42, d...
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'Dogtown' skateboarder Jay Adams dies at 53Aug 15, 2014 1:01 am - LOS ANGELES - Jay Adams, the colorful rebel who helped transform skateboarding from a simple street pastime into one of the world's most spectacular sports with hair-rai...
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Robin Williams, boisterous comedy star, dead at 63Aug 10, 2014 11:00 pm - SAN FRANCISCO - He was the funniest guy in the room, something that made it all the harder for friends and fans to accept that beneath that reservoir of frenetic energy ...
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Notable deaths last weekAug 09, 2014 1:01 am - • Henry Stone, a fixture on the R&B and disco scene who was instrumental in the careers of Ray Charles, James Brown and KC & the Sunshine Band, has died. He was 93. Ston...
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Services Friday for Long Grove man who died base jumpingAug 06, 2014 1:00 am - Services have been set for Adam Rubin, a 23-year-old Long Grove native who died last week in a base jumping accident in Twin Falls, Idaho. Rubin will be remembered with ...