Obituaries
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Notable deaths last weekJun 08, 2013 7:05 pm - The next time a flight attendant reminds you there’s no smoking or you witness a teenager getting carded at a liquor store, think of Frank Lautenberg. The liberal Democr...
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‘Night Stalker’ serial killer Richard Ramirez diesJun 07, 2013 12:43 pm - LOS ANGELES — Richard Ramirez, the notorious serial killer known as the Night Stalker, died early Friday in a hospital, a state official said. Ramirez, 53, “passed away ...
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Notable deaths last weekJun 01, 2013 5:05 pm - The Rev. Andrew Greeley was, it seems, always writing. At home on a typewriter, later on a computer, then on a plane with a laptop and even in his car dictating into a t...
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Roland Meyer, early Rolling Meadows mayor, diesMay 30, 2013 5:37 pm - Roland Meyer, Rolling Meadows’ longest-serving mayor, died earlier this spring, Mayor Tom Rooney announced at a recent city council meeting. While Meyer’s death occurred...
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Hotel magnate, Mo. philanthropist Hammons diesMay 27, 2013 5:01 pm - SPRINGFIELD, Mo. — John Q. Hammons’ first business went bust, saddling him with debt. Yet the son of a poor Missouri dairy farmer paid it off within two years and turned...
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Notable deaths last weekMay 25, 2013 6:49 pm - Ray Manzarek, a founding member of the 1960s rock group The Doors whose versatile and often haunting keyboards complemented Jim Morrison’s gloomy baritone and helped set...
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Founding member of The Doors dies at 74May 20, 2013 5:00 pm - Ray Manzarek, the keyboardist and founding member of The Doors who had a dramatic impact on rock 'n' roll, has died. He was 74. Publicist Heidi Robinson-Fitzgerald says...
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Notable deaths last weekMay 18, 2013 4:38 pm - Ken Venturi, who overcame dehydration to win the 1964 U.S. Open and spent 35 years in the booth for CBS Sports, died Friday afternoon. He was 82. Venturi died 11 days af...
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South Elgin honors student dies in his sleepMay 17, 2013 8:00 pm - Member of drum line died in his sleep Wednesday
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Suburban doctor remembered as caring leader, excellent surgeonMay 16, 2013 5:32 pm - A portrait of Dr. Peter Pleotis still hangs in the doctors’ lounge at Northwest Community Hospital, some 14 years after he retired. The former obstetrician and gynecolog...