Obituaries
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British comedian Rik Mayall dies at 56Jun 08, 2014 11:00 pm - LONDON - Rik Mayall, one of a generation of performers that injected post-punk energy into British comedy, has died. He was 56. Mayall's management firm Brunskill Manage...
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Larry Schreiner a legend in Chicago radio crime coverageJun 07, 2014 1:01 am - One of Larry Schreiner's many sources tipped him off: "We got a doozy." Just a couple of blocks from the home of the legendary WGN crime reporter lived John Wayne Gacy. ...
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Baseball mainstay Zimmer; women's movement pioneerJun 07, 2014 1:01 am - • Don Zimmer wasn't a fixture in baseball forever. It just seemed that way. He played alongside Jackie Robinson on the only Brooklyn Dodgers team to win the World Series...
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District 25 school board member, 57, dies after battle with cancerJun 05, 2014 1:01 am - Arlington Heights Elementary School District 25 board member Phil Crusius died this week after a battle with cancer. Crusius, 57, had been on the school board since 2009...
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Second Bartlett High grad killed in war on terrorJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - Editor's note: We are republishing our story from Sept. 16, 2009, on the death of Matthew Martinek of Bartlett on Sept. 11, 2009, from injuries suffered in Afghanistan i...
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Lake Zurich veteran remembered for service to country in Iraq and sense of humor in cancer fightJun 04, 2014 1:01 am - Army veteran Steven Gabriel of Lake Zurich is remembered by family and friends for keeping a sense of humor as he fought cancer and for service to his country in Iraq. ...
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World renowned poet, author; sports world tycoonMay 31, 2014 1:01 am - • Maya Angelou was a woman of many identities - poet foremost among them - but those who knew her well made sure to address her as Dr. Angelou, out of respect for all th...
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Pin-up photographer Bunny Yeager dies at 85May 25, 2014 1:01 am - MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - Bunny Yeager, a model turned pin-up photographer who helped jump-start the career of then-unknown Bettie Page, died Sunday, her agent said. She was 8...
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Tombstone in woods near Northbrook leads to tale of early suburbaniteMay 25, 2014 1:00 am - One of the first immigrants to live in the farmland northwest of Chicago, George Stahl Schnabele died on June 30, 1884, and was lowered into a grave so that he could res...
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GI Joe creator; crooner Vale; Chicago novelistMay 24, 2014 1:01 am - • Donald Levine, the Hasbro executive credited as the father of G.I. Joe for developing the world's first action figure, has died. He was 86. Levine shepherded the toy t...