Obituaries
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Former child star, ‘Superman’ actor Cooper diesMay 05, 2011 2:00 am - LOS ANGELES — Nowadays, Jackie Cooper may be best known for his role as the gruff newspaper editor in all four original “Superman” movies. But his Hollywood success stor...
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Buffalo Grove loses a pioneerApr 28, 2011 2:00 am - Marianne Krug ~ 1931-2011 By Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The Buffalo Grove Days Parade will celebrate its 50th anniversary this year, but without one...
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Palatine Daily Herald retiree always a ‘Classy Lady’Apr 27, 2011 12:00 am - For more than 20 years, Wanda Pleska, helped customers place classified ads in the Daily Herald. It was something of an art form, as Mrs. Pleska and her department colle...
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Hindu holy man Sathya Sai Baba dies aged 86Apr 23, 2011 11:00 pm - PUTTAPARTI, India — Hindu guru Sathya Sai Baba, worshipped as a god by millions of followers worldwide, died Sunday morning in a hospital near his southern Indian ashra...
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Larson, vibrant voice of Daily Herald, dies at 95Apr 18, 2011 2:00 am - By Burt Constable bconstable@dailyherald.com Hailed as the man whose economic and marketing research in the suburbs helped convert a chain of weekly newspapers into toda...
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Wake today for beloved hospital volunteerApr 10, 2011 12:00 am - Northwest Community Hospital officials hosted their annual volunteer recognition luncheon Saturday, but without their leading volunteer. Joan Westfall of Arlington Heigh...
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Lumet, ‘Network’ director, diesApr 09, 2011 12:00 am - NEW YORK — Sidney Lumet, the award-winning director of such acclaimed films as “Network,” “Serpico,” “Dog Day Afternoon” and “12 Angry Men,” has died. He was 86. Lumet’s...
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Mt. Prospect loses village icon Lil FlorosApr 07, 2011 12:00 am - To celebrate their 80th birthdays, Lil and Leo Floros’ family and friends piled in a bus and toured places important in the couple’s long lives. Stops included the old M...
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ND star led quiet life at Arlington Hts. businessApr 05, 2011 12:00 am - Jim Seymour managed an insurance agency in Arlington Heights for more than 20 years, and except for co-workers in his office, few in the business community knew of the h...
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Ides of March guitarist came home to Northwest suburbsMar 30, 2011 2:00 am - Ray Herr played his guitar at restaurants and clubs throughout the Northwest suburbs, but his claim to fame stretched back to 1970, when he played guitar with the Ides o...