Obituaries
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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...
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Indian comic book pioneer 'Uncle Pai' dies at 81Feb 24, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW DELHI — Anant Pai, a comic book pioneer whose colorful adaptations of Hindu mythology have been cherished by Indian children for nearly half a century, has died of ...
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Veteran Elk Grove park commissioner dies at 79Feb 21, 2011 11:00 pm - Veteran Elk Grove Park District Commissioner Ronald A. Foster Sr., 79, died at his home this weekend of natural causes. The 50-year Elk Grove Village resident was first ...
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Priest built lay ministry at Hispanic mission in PalatineFeb 17, 2011 11:00 pm - A variety of lay ministers help to administer activities at Mission San Juan Diego in Arlington Heights, including several deacons, a religious education director and mu...
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Des Plaines mourns death of 'icon'Feb 14, 2011 11:00 pm - Former alderman Tom Koplos spent a lifetime in 1st Ward
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Jazz pianist George Shearing dies at 91Feb 13, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Sir George Shearing, the ebullient jazz pianist who wrote the standard "Lullaby of Birdland" and had a string of hits both with and without his quintet, has ...
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Jeff Butterfield an enthusiastic supporter of Harper, WINGS, Buehler Y among othersFeb 10, 2011 11:00 pm - Jeffrey Butterfield of Palatine took his role in community banking literally. As the former president and CEO of Harris Bank Palatine, and vice chairman of Cornerstone N...
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Former AP, CNN exec Jon Petrovich diesFeb 10, 2011 10:00 pm - NEW YORK — Former CNN and Associated Press executive Jon Petrovich has died following a battle with cancer and diabetes. Petrovich, who would have turned 64 on Feb. 28,...
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Computer pioneer Ken Olsen dies at age 84Feb 07, 2011 10:00 pm - BOSTON — Kenneth Olsen, a computer industry pioneer and co-founder of Digital Equipment Corp., has died. He was 84. His death Sunday was announced by Gordon College in ...