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Michael Kennedy, former Wilmette deputy chief, dies

By Dave Oberhelman
Dec 20, 2022 10:00 pm - Michael M. Kennedy of Wilmette, a former deputy chief with the Wilmette Police Department, died Dec. 14. Kennedy joined the Wilmette department in 1966 and served there ...
'She never lost her sense of wonder': Longtime schoolteacher, Elgin museum educator Marge Fox dies

By Rick West
Dec 16, 2022 12:00 am - Friends and family say Marge Fox was an itinerant teacher who never lost her sense of wonder about the world. "Wherever we went, she was teaching," her daughter Brenda F...
Port Edward Restaurant's founder, the 'Renaissance Man,' dies at 92

By Amanda Marrazzo Shaw Local News Network
Dec 14, 2022 12:00 am - The final chapter of a storied man - a musician, an artist, a world traveler, a collector and the founder of the Port Edward Restaurant in Algonquin, affectionately refe...
Mississippi State football coach Mike Leach dies at 61

By RALPH D. RUSSO AP College Football Writer
Dec 13, 2022 12:00 am - Gruff, pioneering and unfiltered, Mike Leach was one of the most influential football coaches of this or any generation. His boundless curiosity and fascination for peop...
'His passion for music was contagious': Wauconda school community remembers band teacher

By Mick Zawislak
Dec 09, 2022 12:00 am - Jack Holt, a popular band teacher at Wauconda High School, is being remembered as a kind spirit who grew the program and inspired students. Holt, 40, died Dec. 3 about a...
Mills Lane, Hall of Fame boxing referee, dies at 85

By BRIAN MAHONEY Associated Press
Dec 06, 2022 12:00 am - Mills Lane, the Hall of Fame boxing referee who was the third man in the ring when Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear, died Tuesday. He was 85. Lane had suffered a s...
Co-founder of Stax Records in Memphis dies at 92

By ADRIAN SAINZ Associated Press
Dec 06, 2022 12:00 am - MEMPHIS, Tenn. - Jim Stewart, the white Tennessee farm boy and fiddle player who co-founded the influential Stax Records with his sister in a Black, inner-city Memphis n...
Kirstie Alley, Emmy-winning 'Cheers' star, dies at 71

By ANDREW DALTON and ALICIA RANCILIO Associated Press
Dec 05, 2022 12:00 am - LOS ANGELES - Kirstie Alley, who won an Emmy for her role on "Cheers" and starred in films including "Look Who's Talking," died Monday. She was 71. Alley died of cancer ...
Bob McGrath, 'Sesame Street' legend, dies at 90

Associated Press
Dec 04, 2022 12:00 am - Bob McGrath, an actor, musician and children's author widely known for his portrayal of one of the first regular characters on the children's show "Sesame Street" has di...
'He loved Schaumburg': Trustee Frank Kozak remembered for dedication, sense of humor

By Marni Pyke
Dec 03, 2022 12:00 am - Frank Kozak's list of accomplishments include serving as a Schaumburg trustee, years as a dedicated volunteer for charities and athletics, and - surviving an EF5 tornado...

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