Obituaries
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Longtime Rosemont trustee dies suddenly after attending ribbon-cutting eventSep 08, 2025 7:59 pm - Rosemont Trustee Roger Minale died of a heart attack shortly after attending a hotel ribbon cutting ceremony late last month, officials said Monday.
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Fashion designer Giorgio Armani dead at 91
Sep 04, 2025 8:44 am - Giorgio Armani, the Italian designer who turned the concept of understated elegance into a multibillion-dollar fashion empire, has died, his fashion house confirmed. He was 91.
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Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor best known for ‘Dances With Wolves’, dies at 73
Sep 02, 2025 11:48 am - Graham Greene, a trailblazing Indigenous actor whose long and successful career on the big and small screen included an Oscar nomination for his portrayal of Kicking Bird in “Dances With Wolves,” has died. He was 73.
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Algonquin police mourn passing of longtime evidence tech, community service officerAug 31, 2025 11:16 am - The Algonquin Police Department is mourning the death of Kim Peluso, who served at the department for 24 years.
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Family, friends recall powerful community influence of former Nation Pizza COO Mike AlagnaAug 26, 2025 3:46 pm - Mike Alagna of Hoffman Estates wanted his own life experience to show young people a proficiency in academia wasn’t the only path to success in business and personal fulfillment.
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James Dobson, influential founder of conservative Christian group Focus on the Family, dies age 89
Aug 21, 2025 10:09 am - Dr. James Dobson, a child psychologist who founded the conservative ministry Focus on the Family and was a politically influential campaigner against abortion and LGBTQ+ ...
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Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60
Aug 12, 2025 5:27 pm - LOS ANGELES — Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s sitcom “What's Happening!!” has died at 60. Spencer, who b...
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Longtime Northwest suburban tourism leader dies at 91Aug 09, 2025 6:36 pm - Former Northwest suburban marketing chief Thomas Rivera, who lobbied and gained the respect of governors and brought tourism dollars back to the region, has died at age 91. He considered the opening of the Schaumburg convention center his crowning achievement.
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Former FBI and CIA Director William H. Webster dies at 101
Aug 08, 2025 7:41 pm - William H. Webster, the former FBI and CIA director whose troubleshooting skills and integrity helped restore public confidence in those federal agencies, has died, his family announced Friday. He was 101.
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Apollo 13 moon mission leader James Lovell dies at 97
Aug 08, 2025 2:47 pm - James Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 who helped turn a failed moon mission into a triumph of on-the-fly can-do engineering, has died. He was 97.Lovell died Thursday in Lake Forest, Illinois, NASA said in a statement on Friday.