Obituaries
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Ebert kept strong link to U of I, Daily IlliniApr 04, 2013 5:12 pm - Roger Ebert never forgot his alma mater, the University of Illinois. The famed film critic was one of the most visible alumni of the school and made large donations. Tha...
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Emanuel, Quinn praise late film critic Roger EbertApr 04, 2013 4:22 pm - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is praising famed film critic Roger Ebert for his contributions to the motion picture industry as well as to the city. After learning that th...
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Ebert was first film critic to win PulitzerApr 04, 2013 4:12 pm - Roger Ebert, the Pulitzer Prize- winning film critic famous for his thumbs-up, thumbs-down method of judging movies, has died. He was 70. He died Thursday in Chicago fol...
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Fremd High School sophomore dies visiting family in CaliforniaApr 01, 2013 11:00 am - When doctors told Valecha Banks she needed to remove her son from Southern California's rampant smog and pollen, she immediately put in for a transfer to her company's M...
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Notable deaths last weekMar 30, 2013 5:15 pm - Richard Griffiths was one of the great British stage actors of his generation, a heavy man with a light touch, whether in Shakespeare or Neil Simon. But for millions of ...
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Martyl Langsdorf, Doomsday Clock artist, dies at 96Mar 29, 2013 5:15 am - Martyl Langsdorf, longtime resident of Schaumburg's historic Schweikher House and the professional artist who first depicted the nuclear Doomsday Clock, died Tuesday at ...
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Martyl Langsdorf, artist who designed Doomsday Clock, dies at 96Mar 28, 2013 10:22 am - Resident of historic Schaumburg home designed the Doomsday Clock
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Arlington Heights referee, youth advocate loses battle with cancerMar 26, 2013 11:30 am - Longtime Northwest suburban basketball referee Bill Spicer, who battled a rare form of leukemia for nearly a year, succumbed to the disease Sunday. He was 59. Spicer suf...
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Longtime religious leader dies from brain cancerMar 26, 2013 10:20 am - Monsignor Robert Hoffman touched the lives of many people throughout the suburbs during a tenure in the church that saw him serve from DeKalb and Rockford to Aurora and ...
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Conant students, staff pay tribute to 'Blue Cart Lady'Mar 26, 2013 10:00 am - When students at Conant High School entered the cafeteria for lunch, many looked forward to something more than socializing and satisfying their hunger. For some, the hi...