Obituaries
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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...
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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...