Obituaries
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Irene Cara, singer of title tracks to 'Flashdance,' 'Fame,' dies at 63, rep saysNov 26, 2022 12:00 am - NEW YORK - Oscar, Golden Globe and two-time Grammy winning singer-actress Irene Cara, who starred and sang the title cut from the 1980 hit movie "Fame" and then belted o...
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Schaumburg Park District mourns death of longtime commissioner Mike DanielsNov 25, 2022 12:00 am - The Schaumburg Park District and Schaumburg community are mourning the death Tuesday of former park board commissioner Mike Daniels. Daniels, 74, stepped down from the p...
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Glueckert hosting annual remembrance ceremonyNov 24, 2022 12:00 am - Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights is hosting its 13th annual holiday remembrance service for families to honor loved ones who they've lost. The service, from 4...
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Wheaton mourns Joel Gomez, an Iraq War heroNov 23, 2022 4:30 am - Army Sgt. Joel Gomez, an Iraq War veteran and Wheaton native whose community rallied around him when he returned home, died Tuesday due to complications from the injurie...
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William J. Kunkle Jr., prosecutor in Gacy, DuPage 7 cases, dead at 81
Nov 21, 2022 12:00 am - As the prosecutor who secured the death penalty for serial killer John Wayne Gacy, William J. Kunkle Jr. could have coasted on the celebrity of the case for the rest of ...
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'Being kind became mundane to him': Wheaton Warrenville grad who died in fall being rememberedNov 19, 2022 12:00 am - Scores of friends and family members Sunday will continue celebrating the life of a 2019 Wheaton Warrenville South High School graduate and star athlete who died in a fa...
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Robert Clary, last of the 'Hogan's Heroes' stars, dies at 96
Nov 17, 2022 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Robert Clary, a French-born survivor of Nazi concentration camps during World War II who played a feisty prisoner of war in the improbable 1960s sitcom "Ho...
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John Aniston, star of 'Days of Our Lives,' dead at 89
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Soap opera star John Aniston dies at 8
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Former Fox River Grove police chief remembered as a steadying presence amid tragedyNov 14, 2022 12:00 am - Former Fox River Grove Police Chief Robert "Bob" H. Polston, who steered the small village through its greatest tragedy, died Sunday at 75. Polston started at the depart...