Obituaries
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Former DuPage lawmaker diesMay 11, 2012 1:15 pm - SPRINGFIELD - Roger C. Marquardt, a longtime Springfield lobbyist who served briefly as a state lawmaker from Lombard, has died, it was announced on the Illinois House f...
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Founder of long-running Arlington Heights business diesMay 09, 2012 3:45 pm - Ed Mayer, the founder of patio furniture and fireplace shop Northwest Metalcraft, one of the longest running family businesses in Arlington Heights, died Friday after a ...
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Former Giants WR Robinson dead at 50May 08, 2012 10:19 pm - NEW YORK — Stacy Robinson, a wide receiver who won two Super Bowls with the New York Giants before working with the players union, has died at the age of 50 after a batt...
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St. Charles pilot who helped save 184 dies of cancerMay 08, 2012 12:00 pm - YouTube #8220;I was 46, I had the world ahead of me, I had a beautiful healthy family, and at 4 p.m., I was trying to stay alive,#8221; he said in a documentary intervie...
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Longtime supporter, friend of North Central College diesMay 06, 2012 6:57 pm - North Central College and the wider community of Naperville are in mourning this week after the death of one of the school’s most tireless supporters, Albert Benede...
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Images: Adam Yauch with the Beastie BoysMay 04, 2012 1:00 pm -
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Naperville mourning man behind Riverwalk TrollMay 01, 2012 6:00 pm - The man who long portrayed Naperville's Riverwalk Troll has lost his battle with cancer. Frank Sweeney, 79, died Monday, about a year after he decided to hang up his el...
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Skowron was familiar face around SchaumburgApr 27, 2012 9:18 pm - When Pete Justen moved into the Spring Cove subdivision of Schaumburg in 1968, his neighbor across the street was none other than Moose Skowron, the former first baseman...
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Former Daily Herald columnist Bill Granger diesApr 22, 2012 11:00 pm - For Bill Granger, life was a collection of stories that needed telling. Whether he was writing a thoughtful Sunday magazine piece, penning one of his 28 books, critiquin...
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Dick Clark made Prospect High grad 'feel like a big guy'Apr 18, 2012 11:00 pm - Dick Clark was a man who remembered your name. Clark presumably shook thousands of hands over the years, but when Jimy Sohns saw him on set of American Bandstand nearl...