Obituaries
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First president of Palatine Boys Baseball never lost interestJul 11, 2012 12:01 pm - Thomas Bowman ~ 1921-2012 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent Thomas Bowman Jr. built a career in real estate and he volunteered in several youth organiza...
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Chicago Public Radio loses a key visionaryJul 09, 2012 4:00 pm - By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The founding president and CEO of WBEZ-FM lived quietly in her Arlington Heights condominium in retirement, secure in...
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Marketer who helped start Seventeen dies in NYCJul 08, 2012 9:53 am - NEW YORK — A pioneering marketing executive who helped start Seventeen magazine in 1944 has died at age 92. Estelle Ellis Rubinstein died July 1 at her home in Manhattan...
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Influential Saudi Prince Mohammed bin Saud diesJul 08, 2012 9:53 am - RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Saudi Arabia says a senior prince and former defense minister has died. The 78-year-old Prince Mohammed bin Saud was not in line for the Saud...
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Chicago’s Joseph Kirsner, pioneer physician, dies at age 102Jul 07, 2012 12:19 pm - Associated Press Dr. Joseph Kirsner, a pioneer in the field of digestive system disorders, has died from kidney failure at his home in Chicago. He was 102 years old. Uni...
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Illinois’ first auditor general dies at 87Jul 06, 2012 4:27 pm - SPRINGFIELD — A memorial service is planned Sunday for Illinois’ first auditor general. WUIS Radio reported Robert Cronson died Tuesday at a Springfield hospital. He was...
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Kane Coroner Chuck West dies after liver transplantJul 04, 2012 4:21 pm - Kane County Coroner Chuck West died early Wednesday from complications from a liver transplant, family members said. West, 69, of Elgin, died shortly after midnight on J...
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Images: Andy Griffith 1926 - 2012Jul 03, 2012 12:06 pm - ...
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Andy Griffith, 86, dies at homeJul 03, 2012 9:24 am - RALEIGH, N.C. — Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in “The Andy Griffith Show” and the rumpled defense lawyer in “Matlock...
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Tellabs' Pullen succumbs to cancerJul 02, 2012 7:00 pm - CEO of Naperville-based firm succumbs cancer