Obituaries
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Billionaire Richard Mellon Scaife dies at 82Jul 04, 2014 1:01 am - PITTSBURGH - Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune and a newspaper publisher who funded libertarian and conservative causes a...
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'Fantastic horseman' Bruce Duchossois dies at 64Jul 03, 2014 2:00 pm - Heavy hearts were prevalent at Arlington International Racecourse on Thursday. Bruce Duchossois, a well-known figure in American eventing and son of Arlington chairman R...
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Friends remember Arlington Hts. environmental activistJul 02, 2014 1:01 am - David Templer was one of the original homeowners in the Northgate subdivision when it was built in Arlington Heights more than 40 years ago. For decades he worked to mak...
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'Designing Women' star Meshach Taylor dies at 67Jun 28, 2014 11:00 pm - Meshach Taylor, who played a lovable ex-convict surrounded by boisterous Southern belles on the sitcom “Designing Women” and appeared in numerous other TV and film roles...
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Notable deaths last weekJun 28, 2014 1:01 am - Reagan chief of staff; longtime character actor; R&B singer, writer
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Arlington Hts. wake for motorcyclist draws police, road closuresJun 28, 2014 1:00 am - At first glance, Douglas Peters was a sturdy biker. But at heart, the Algonquin 43-year-old, who handled security for the Dekalb chapter of the Outlaws motorcycle club, ...
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Ex-Sen. Baker, who queried Nixon on Watergate, diesJun 26, 2014 1:01 am - WASHINGTON - Former Sen. Howard H. Baker Jr., who cut to the core of the 1973 Watergate hearings when he asked, "What did the president know and when did he know it?" ha...
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Arlington Hts. roads closed Saturday for wakeJun 26, 2014 1:01 am - Arlington Heights police will close several roads Saturday, including a lane of Northwest Highway, to accommodate large crowds expected at a wake. Douglas Peters, a 43-y...
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Visitation, funeral set for political giant Robert DepkeJun 23, 2014 1:01 am - Visitation and a funeral service are set for longtime Lake County politician Robert "Bob" Depke. Depke, 84, who had been ill for about a year, died at his Gurnee home F...
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Former Fox Lake mayor, funeral home operator Kenneth Hamsher dead at 91Jun 23, 2014 1:01 am - Friends said former Fox Lake Mayor Kenneth K. Hamsher, owner of K. K. Hamsher Funeral Home, was an "institution" in the community who be missed after his death Sunday. H...