Obituaries
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Film, TV legend James Garner, reluctant hero, diesJul 20, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Few actors could register disbelief, exasperation or annoyance with more comic subtlety. James Garner had a way of widening his eyes while the corner of his m...
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Elaine Stritch, brash stage legend, dies at 89Jul 16, 2014 11:00 pm - NEW YORK — Elaine Stritch, the brash theater performer whose gravelly, gin-laced voice and impeccable comic timing made her a Broadway legend, has died. She was 89. Jose...
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Jazz bass innovator Charlie Haden dies at 76Jul 12, 2014 1:01 am - NEW YORK - Bassist Charlie Haden, who helped change the shape of jazz more than a half-century ago as a member of Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking quartet and liberated ...
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Tommy Ramone, last of the Ramones, dies at 65Jul 12, 2014 1:01 am - Tommy Ramone, a co-founder of the seminal punk band the Ramones and the last surviving member of the original group, has died, a business associate said Saturday. Dave F...
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Former pro pitcher Gloria 'Tippy' Schweigerdt diesJul 11, 2014 1:00 am - Not many young men learn how to throw a curveball from their moms. But that's exactly what Gloria “Tippy” Schweigerdt did with her son, Gordon. Schweigerdt had some expe...
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Judge Roszkowski dies at 91Jul 09, 2014 1:01 am - ROCKFORD, Ill. - A long-serving judge whom a federal courthouse in northern Illinois is named for has died. The clerk for the Northern District of Illinois announced t...
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Former Vernon Hills Trustee Donald L. Hook diesJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Plenty of Northwestern University alumni say they bleed purple and white. Then there was Donald L. Hook. A 1974 graduate, Hook hadn't missed a home football game in Evan...
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Libertyville's Joanne Boehm remembered for community workJul 07, 2014 1:01 am - Longtime Libertyville resident Joanne Boehm is being remembered as a community volunteer, a dedicated church parishioner and a patron of the arts. "I don't think there w...
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Arlington Heights woman ID'd as victim of Lake Michigan boating accidentJul 07, 2014 1:00 am - An Arlington Heights woman who starred in two sports at St. Viator High School has been identified as the body pulled from Lake Michigan on June 28 east of Navy Pier. Of...
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Notable deaths last weekJul 05, 2014 1:01 am - • A Roman Catholic priest convicted of stabbing and strangling a nun 34 years ago in a hospital chapel will receive a funeral Mass, a church official said Saturday. The ...