Obituaries
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Notable deaths last weekOct 11, 2014 1:01 am - • Pavel Landovsky, 78, a Czech actor, anti-communist dissident and a friend of late president and playwright Vaclav Havel, has died. Landovsky appeared in numerous movie...
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Rolling Meadows mourns loss of dedicated veteranOct 07, 2014 1:01 am - Robert L. Smith Jr. of Rolling Meadows, a Vietnam War veteran who spent the rest of his life dedicated to veterans organizations and causes, died Sept. 30 at the age of ...
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Not all suburban veterans know burial rights or optionsOct 05, 2014 7:15 am - When George Wingerter looks out over the rows of graves at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood, he sees history. He sees the generations of soldiers who have se...
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Notable deaths last weekOct 04, 2014 1:01 am - • Jean-Claude Duvalier, who presided over what was widely acknowledged as a corrupt and brutal regime as the self-proclaimed "president for life" of Haiti until a popula...
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Ousted Haitian dictator 'Baby Doc' Duvalier diesOct 04, 2014 1:01 am - PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Jean-Claude-Duvalier, the self-proclaimed "president for life" of Haiti whose corrupt and brutal regime sparked a popular uprising that sent him...
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Notable deaths last weekSep 27, 2014 1:01 am - • James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress since the C...
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James Traficant, convicted ex-congressman, diesSep 27, 2014 1:01 am - CLEVELAND - James Traficant, the colorful Ohio politician whose conviction for taking bribes and kickbacks made him only the second person to be expelled from Congress s...
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Longtime suburban attorney Jack Siegel diesSep 24, 2014 1:01 am - Jack Siegel, who stood up for Arlington Heights in front of the U.S. Supreme Court and saved Schaumburg from a premature demise during his more than five decades as a mu...
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Founder of Des Plaines company diesSep 23, 2014 1:00 am - Clarence Schawk, the founder and chairman of SGK, Inc., a global brand development company based in Des Plaines, has died. Schawk passed away Sept. 20. He was 88. A form...
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Eric Lynch, Howard Stern's diminutive foil, diesSep 22, 2014 7:31 am - LOS ANGELES - Eric "The Actor" Lynch, whose fear of werewolves, love of professional wrestling and angry, often foul-mouthed rants endeared him to fans of Howard Stern's...