Obituaries
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Life story: The genius behind the Super JSep 10, 2014 1:01 am - The creator behind one of the suburbs' most iconic childhood memories - the Super J Slide at Sunny Hill Beach in Wauconda - has died. Stanley Jachec was a talented struc...
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Suburban musical theater favorite killed in Indiana crashSep 06, 2014 1:01 am - Bernie Yvon, an accomplished musical theater actor and near constant presence on the suburban scene, died Saturday following a crash in Munster, Indiana, police confirme...
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Notable deaths last weekSep 06, 2014 1:01 am - • Longtime Chicago radio and TV personality Roy Leonard, who introduced listeners and viewers to some of America's biggest celebrities as they were just getting started,...
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Bruce Morton, veteran TV newsman, diesSep 05, 2014 1:01 am - Bruce Morton, a news correspondent for CBS and then CNN who covered Washington politics with a low-key but authoritative style for more than four decades and who co-host...
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Roy Leonard: WGN icon and film critic rememberedSep 05, 2014 1:01 am - Daily Herald Film Critic dgire@dailyherald.com Roy Leonard and I sat next to each other while watching the movie "Wild Things" at Chicago's Lake Street Screening Room in...
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Des Plaines honors 29-year-old alderman who diedSep 02, 2014 1:00 am - A photo and bouquet of flowers were set up Tuesday night on the Des Plaines city council dais in honor of former 7th Ward Alderman Joanna Sojka, as city leaders publicly...
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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