Obituaries
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Cary-Grove teacher remembered for her magnetic personalityDec 20, 2011 11:00 pm - Even during the darkest moments of her four-month battle with colon cancer, friends and colleagues say Jodi Lynn Harrison continued teaching with the bright and magnetic...
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'League of Their Own' athlete dies in Lake ForestDec 17, 2011 11:00 pm - Mabel Holle, a member of the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., died recently at her home in Lake Forest after a long illness. She was 91. A strong-armed outfie...
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Former Brazil soccer captain Socrates dies at 57Dec 03, 2011 11:00 pm - SAO PAULO — Former Brazil great Socrates, the clever playmaker who captained Brazil at the 1982 World Cup, died Sunday. He was 57. Known for his elegant style on the fie...
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Al Vega, Boston jazz pianist, dies at 90Dec 02, 2011 11:00 pm - BOSTON — Al Vega, a longtime Boston musician who played with some of the finest jazz talents through a career that spanned 70 years, has died. He was 90. Vega died Frida...
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Secret daughter of Clark Gable, Loretta Young diesDec 02, 2011 11:00 pm - PHILADELPHIA — For decades, the identity of Judy Lewis’ parents was one of the best-kept secrets in Hollywood. Not until Lewis acknowledged her story in the 1994 autobi...
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Maggie Daley remembered as inspirationNov 26, 2011 11:00 pm - Hundreds of mourners streamed through a downtown cultural center Sunday to pay their respects to former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley at a public wake and visitation. ...
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Palatine family loses second child to cystic fibrosisNov 24, 2011 4:30 am - Dave Larsen estimates between 500 and 600 people gathered outside his family's home in Palatine Monday night, honoring the life and mourning the death of his only son, B...
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Images of Maggie DaleyNov 23, 2011 11:00 pm - ...
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Wake, funeral set for Maggie DaleyNov 23, 2011 11:00 pm - A longtime aide to Richard Daley says the former mayor has been reflective in the day since his wife's death. Jacquelyn Heard said Friday that Richard Daley was "emotion...
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Financier Theodore Forstmann diesNov 23, 2011 4:08 am - NEW YORK — Theodore J. Forstmann, a longtime financier who counted the iconic baseball card company Topps and business jet company Gulfstream Aerospace among his buyouts...