Obituaries
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Father of GI Joe, Hasbro exec Levine diesMay 23, 2014 11:00 pm - PROVIDENCE, R.I. - 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. He died of...
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Longtime judge known for wit and intellectMay 21, 2014 1:00 am - Friends and colleagues are mourning longtime Lake County jurist and former Chief Judge David M. Hall, who died Tuesday at his home in Waukegan surrounded by family. Duri...
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Wauconda District 118 board member Thomas Weber diesMay 19, 2014 1:01 am - Veteran Wauconda Unit School District 118 board member Thomas Weber died Sunday. Weber, 65, of Wauconda, suffered a stroke May 4 and never recovered, district officials ...
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Watergate conspirator; renowned artist of the macabreMay 17, 2014 1:01 am - • Jeb Stuart Magruder, a Watergate conspirator who claimed in later years to have heard President Richard Nixon order the office break-in, has died. He was 79. Magruder,...
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'Heart and soul' of Spencer Loomis school passes awayMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - A veteran Spencer Loomis Elementary School employee is being mourned as the "heart and soul" of the Hawthorn Woods campus. Susan Lindner, who worked as a secretary in La...
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Watergate conspirator Jeb Stuart Magruder diesMay 16, 2014 1:01 am - COLUMBUS, Ohio - Jeb Stuart Magruder, a Watergate conspirator-turned-minister who claimed in later years to have heard President Richard Nixon order the infamous break-...
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Original Northwest Community Hospital worker "loved this community"May 14, 2014 1:01 am - Harriet Abernethy-Ogorzalek started working at Northwest Community Hospital before it even opened, and she continued to support the institution as a donor long after her...
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Robert D. Stuart Jr.: Former Quaker Oats CEO, ambassador remembered as 'great American leader”May 13, 2014 1:00 am - Lake Forest resident Robert D. Stuart Jr. — who spent 15 years as Quaker Oats Co.'s chief executive officer — is remembered for his service as a U.S. ambassador, philant...
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Sauter tribute this week in D.C.May 12, 2014 1:00 am - The memory of Illinois State Police Trooper James Sauter will be honored in Washington, D.C., this week as troopers from Illinois State Police District 15 participate in...
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Nobel prize winner, champion boxer among past week's deathsMay 10, 2014 1:01 am - • Gary Becker, a University of Chicago professor who received the Nobel Prize in economic sciences and is credited with pioneering the approach to economics as the study...