Obituaries
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Wheeling High School mourns ‘van lady’Mar 01, 2011 11:00 pm - For more than 35 years, students at Wheeling High School knew Georgia Lee Blyth as the security guard who monitored the outside part of the building, from the parking lo...
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About 200 attend service for Dalai Lama's nephewMar 01, 2011 10:00 pm - BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — About 200 people attended a memorial service for Jigme Norbu, the Dalai Lama's nephew who was killed last month on an advocacy walk for Tibet. The s...
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Gay rights activist from Buffalo Grove diesMar 01, 2011 1:00 am - A 32-year-old gay rights activist from Buffalo Grove who waged a public campaign challenging people to “make things better now” for troubled youths has died. Friends gre...
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Former Arlington Heights trustee made sure everyone was heardFeb 28, 2011 11:00 pm - Virginia Kucera, who prided herself on making sure everybody’s voice was heard during her 12 years on the Arlington Heights Village Board, has died at the age of 72. “I ...
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Bob Dylan's lyrical muse Suze Rotolo dies at 67Feb 28, 2011 10:00 pm - Suze Rotolo was just 17 when one of the 20th century's greatest poets and musicians became smitten. "Right from the start I couldn't take my eyes off her," Bob Dylan wro...
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Jane Russell, star of ’40s and ’50s films, diesFeb 28, 2011 1:00 am - Associated Press LOS ANGELES — Jane Russell, the busty brunette who shot to fame as the sexy star of Howard Hughes’ 1941 Western “The Outlaw,” died Monday of respiratory...
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District 26 mourns loss of gifted teacherFeb 27, 2011 11:00 pm - Janice Meyer ~ 1954-2011 Students and faculty at River Trails Middle School in Mount Prospect are mourning the loss of a favorite teacher. Janice Meyer, who taught ...
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Last living US WWI vet dies in W. Va. at age 110Feb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Frank Buckles was repeatedly rejected by military recruiters and got into uniform at 16 after lying about his age. He would later become the last su...
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Blues legend Eddie Kirkland dies in Fla. wreckFeb 27, 2011 10:00 pm - CRYSTAL RIVER, Fla. (AP) - An 88-year-old blues legend known as the "Gypsy of the Blues" was killed in Florida when his car turned into the path of a Greyhound bus. Edd...
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Des Plaines baseball umpire loved teaching gameFeb 24, 2011 11:00 pm - Robert Riddel lived in Des Plaines for nearly 55 years, where he built a successful career as an insurance salesman. But families in town knew him in only one role: as a...