Obituaries
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Notable deaths: Mouse, ‘Annoying Music Show’ creatorsJul 06, 2013 11:08 pm - Doug Engelbart, a visionary who invented the computer mouse and developed other technology that has transformed the way people work, play and communicate, died late Tues...
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Engelbart, inventor of computer mouse, dies at 88Jul 04, 2013 7:30 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Doug Engelbart, a visionary who invented the computer mouse and developed other technology that has transformed the way people work, play and communicate...
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Decorated military pilot helped build Palwaukee AirportJul 01, 2013 7:59 pm - Esther Noffke of Wheeling was one of the original fly girls during World War II, the first female military pilots to carry out flight-related missions. But when an auth...
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Notable deaths last weekJun 29, 2013 5:09 pm - Gary David Goldberg, who created the 1980s sitcom hit “Family Ties” and expanded into feature films, has died. Goldberg died of brain cancer in Montecito, Calif., on Sat...
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Services set for Elgin teacher Martin PowersJun 26, 2013 11:38 am - Martin Powers didn’t wait for opportunities; he made them, his older brother says. Whether it was his first film showing at Hemmens Cultural Center, or the Powers Entert...
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Beloved Elgin middle school teacher dies at 50Jun 24, 2013 12:50 pm - Diana Martinez remembers well how she got to know Martin Powers. At least three days a week, he’d be typing away at the Gail Borden Public Library, where she worked. One...
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Notable deaths last weekJun 22, 2013 5:06 pm - James Gandolfini’s lumbering, brutish mob boss with the tortured psyche will endure as one of TV’s indelible characters. But his portrayal of criminal Tony Soprano in HB...
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Suburban ‘pumpkin man’ brought the country to city folkJun 17, 2013 6:02 pm - Wayne Goede grew up on his father’s Des Plaines truck farm, driving vegetables into Chicago. Along with the farming industry, he also learned something important about c...
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Nobel Prize-winning economist diesJun 12, 2013 3:42 pm - Robert W. Fogel, a University of Chicago economist whose study of the economics of slavery sparked a furious debate in academia and later helped garner him a Nobel Prize...
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Prospect Hts. parks leader remembered for love of family, communityJun 11, 2013 2:04 pm - Patrick W. Ludvigsen had two passions — his family and Prospect Heights. And he served them both well, his son, city Alderman Patrick J. Ludvigsen, said Tuesday. Ludvigs...