Obituaries
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'I found my place': Chicago embraced Jimmy Buffett long before 'Margaritaville'
Sep 02, 2023 1:00 am - Years before "Margaritaville" established Jimmy Buffett as a bard of the tropical beaches, the singer-songwriter was a folk club regular in a city lapped by the waves of...
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'Margaritaville' singer Jimmy Buffett, who turned beach-bum life into an empire, dies at 76
Sep 02, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, who popularized beach bum soft rock with the escapist Caribbean-flavored song "Margaritaville" and turned that celebrati...
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'Everything was beautiful and dangerous and good': Emil Garippo, longtime Bloomingdale resident, dies at 100Sep 01, 2023 1:00 am - This article has been updated to correct Emil Garippo's birth year. When Emil Garippo reflected on his life at a July ceremony honoring him, he said, "Everything wa...
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Publicist says popular game show host Bob Barker has died
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Former Kane Sheriff Ramsey remembered as soldier, teacher, deacon and family man
Aug 23, 2023 1:00 am - Former Kane County Sheriff Kenneth Ramsey, 75, who died Saturday, was a longtime lawman, soldier, teacher and, later in life, a deacon at Holy Cross Catholic Church in B...
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Ron Cephas Jones, 'This Is Us' actor who won 2 Emmys, dies at 66
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'He truly lived his faith': Pastor of merged Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates parishes dies at 59Aug 17, 2023 1:00 am - The life of the Rev. Michael Scherschel, pastor of the newly merged parishes of Saints Matthew and Hubert in Schaumburg and Hoffman Estates, was celebrated by Cardinal B...
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Clarence Avant, 'Black Godfather' of entertainment and beyond, dies at 92Aug 14, 2023 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Clarence Avant, the judicious manager, entrepreneur, facilitator and adviser who helped launch or guide the careers of Quincy Jones, Bill Withers and many oth...
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Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist and songwriter of The Band, dies at 80
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William Friedkin, who directed 'The Exorcist' and 'The French Connection,' dies at 87