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DEC. 13, 2017
Mary Durkin, Catholic teacher and author, dies 83 For Mary Jule Greeley Durkin, the Second Vatican Council of the early 1960s was an inspiration to study theology and to teach and write about what the changes meant, especially for Catholic women. In 1965, the mother of seven began to study theology in the University of Chicago Divinity School....
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Lewis Manilow, philanthropist who played key roles with MCA, Loop theater district, dies at 90
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Marie McDermott, who pushed for integrated schools in Chicago, dies at 91
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Mitch Dydo, longtime Tribune copy desk chief, dies at 73
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Illinois Republican John Anderson, third-party candidate for president in 1980, dies at 95
DEC. 4, 2017
Nona Stier, longtime Wheaton educator, dies at 90
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Eleanore Weimer, who brought her love of music to the classroom, dies at 90
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Zia Hassan, longtime chair of Islamic Foundation in Villa Park, dies
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Ed Uhlir, architect who was key to Chicago's Millennium Park, dies at 73
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Donald Rimgale, Chicago firefighter who inspired De Niro’s character in ‘Backdraft,’ dies
OBITUARIES DEC. 14, 2017
Vera Katz, who helped turn Portland into an eco-friendly hipster haven, dies at 84 Vera Katz, a Jewish refugee who as mayor helped transform Portland from a sleepy backwater into a trendy city known for its public transit, eco-conscious design and live-work architecture style, has died after being diagnosed with acute leukemia. Katz was diagnosed this month after undergoing dialysis...
OBITUARIES DEC. 13, 2017
Pat DiNizio, lead singer of the Smithereens, dies at 62 Pat DiNizio, who as lead singer and songwriter for the New Jersey band the Smithereens blended pop, rock and New Wave music for such hits as "Blood and Roses" and "A Girl Like You," has died at age 62. The band announced on its website that DiNizio died Tuesday. The cause of death was not announced....
OBITUARIES DEC. 13, 2017
Howard Gottfried, who produced 'Network' and 'Altered States,' dies at 94 Movie producer Howard Gottfried, whose longtime partnership with famed scriptwriter Paddy Chayefsky yielded acclaimed films such as “Network” and “Altered States,” has died at 94. Gottfried, who had a stroke and died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center on Friday, was a lawyer by training, but had an...
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Ed Lee, San Francisco mayor who tried to tame the city's tech boom, dies at 65 Ed Lee became mayor as San Francisco emerged from the Great Recession into a boom phase rivaling the Gold Rush that first put the city on the map. Both supporting and containing the excesses of the tech explosion became a central theme of his seven years as mayor. Lee was an unabashed supporter...
OBITUARIES DEC. 11, 2017
Bruce Brown, who turned surfing into a cultural phenomenon with 'The Endless Summer,' dies at 80 On a tight budget and with an armful of surfboards, Bruce Brown helped introduce America to surfing with a story of two friends trotting around the world, in chase of the perfect wave. Though it was considered a longshot at best by distributors, there was something about “The Endless Summer” that...
OBITUARIES DEC. 7, 2017
Ron Meyer, who coached the 'Pony Express' at SMU and won an NFL game with an improvised snowplow, dies at 76 Ron Meyer, the football coach behind Southern Methodist University's powerhouse "Pony Express" teams who later called for a snowplow to clear a spot so the New England Patriots could kick a winning field goal in one of the NFL's memorable moments, has died. He was 76. Meyer died Tuesday... OBITUARIES DEC. 7, 2017
Prize-winning experimental author William Gass dies at 93 William Gass, a leading experimental writer of the 1960s and '70s who went on to become an award-winning essayist and translator and an influence on many younger writers, has died at his home in St. Louis. He was 93. Gass’ death Wednesday was announced by his publisher, Alfred A. Knopf. The cause...
OBITUARIES DEC. 6, 2017
Jerome Crowe, the FBI agent who delivered the ransom money in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping, dies at 93 Jerome Crowe, a former L.A.-based FBI agent who delivered the ransom money in the Frank Sinatra Jr. kidnapping and led a SWAT team in the bloody SLA shootout, has died after a long struggle with Alzheimer’s disease. A lifelong law enforcement officer who is credited with assembling the FBI’s first... OBITUARIES DEC. 6, 2017
Johnny Hallyday, Gallic rocker worshiped as the 'French Elvis,' dies at 74 Johnny Hallyday, the French rock star who came to fame in the early 1960s with cover versions of American rock ’n’ roll hits and continued to sell out concerts in France for decades, has died at his home outside Paris. He was 74. Hallyday, who often was called “the French Elvis,” died Wednesday,...
OBITUARIES DEC. 5, 2017
Christine Keeler, model in Britain's notorious sex-and-spy Profumo scandal, dies at 75 Christine Keeler, the central figure in the sex-and-espionage Profumo scandal that rocked Cold War Britain, has died at 75. Her son, Seymour Platt, posted on Facebook that Keeler died Monday at a hospital near Farnborough in southern England. Born in 1943, Keeler was a model and nightclub dancer...
OBITUARIES DEC. 5, 2017
Romania's former King Michael, who ruled during WWII, dies at 96 Former Romanian King Michael I, who was forced to abdicate by the communists in the aftermath of World War II, died Tuesday at his home in Switzerland. He was 96. Michael, who played a pivotal role in Romania's switch to the Allied cause following a coup in 1944, spent decades in exile working...
OBITUARIES DEC. 4, 2017
John B. Anderson, who made quixotic run for president the year Reagan won the White House, dies at 95 John B. Anderson, a former Illinois congressman whose eloquent and quixotic 1980 presidential campaign as an independent became a national sideshow as voters carried Ronald Reagan to the White House, has died at his home in Washington. He was 95. His death Sunday was confirmed by his daughter,... OBITUARIES DEC. 4, 2017
Leading Bollywood actor Shashi Kapoor dies at 79 Shashi Kapoor, a leading Bollywood actor and producer from the 1970s and '80s who went on to appear in American and British films, has died after a long illness. He was 79. Kapoor died Monday at a Mumbai hospital, where he was being treated for a kidney ailment, said Randhir Kapoor, a family member....
OBITUARIES DEC. 3, 2017
Mundell Lowe dies at 95; guitar great played with Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, Everly Brothers and others Mundell Lowe, the guitar master whose many musical partners included Billie Holiday, Frank Sinatra, Charlie Parker, Benny Goodman and the Everly Brothers, died Saturday at his home in San Diego. He was 95 and had been receiving hospice care. In the past decade, Lowe had bounced back from angina,... HOME DEC. 1, 2017
Joseph White, pioneering black psychologist who mentored students at UC Irvine, dies at 84 A pioneer in the field of black psychology and an influential figure to countless students at UC Irvine, Joseph L. White was 84 and planning for the future. The psychologist and retired professor, friends said, had books he wanted to write. He was thinking of compiling recordings of his past lectures....
OBITUARIES DEC. 1, 2017
Mitch Margo, who rode 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' to the top of the charts, dies at 70 Mitch Margo was just 14 when he and some Brooklyn pals recorded “The Lion Sleeps Tonight,” a doo-wop version of a Zulu folk song that had been recorded dozens of times over the decades. But for the New York boy group, the song proved to be a powerful elixir as it climbed the charts and settled...
OBITUARIES NOV. 30, 2017
Jim Nabors, TV's lovably naive Gomer Pyle, dies at 87 Jim Nabors, the singer and actor who became a TV icon in the 1960s playing the lovably naïve Gomer Pyle on “The Andy Griffith Show” and the spinoff series “Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.,” has died. He was 87. Nabors, who underwent a liver transplant after contracting hepatitis B in 1994, died Thursday at...
OBITUARIES NOV. 29, 2017
Egypt mourns death of actress, singer and cultural icon Shadia Shadia, an Egyptian actress and singer who captivated millions for decades with memorable singles and iconic film roles but then vanished from public view and lived a life of seclusion, has died. Born Fatimah Shaker in 1931 but known throughout her career by her single stage name, Shadia suffered...
OBITUARIES NOV. 28, 2017
Wayne Cochran, the 'White Knight of Soul,' dies at 78 Wayne Cochran, the “blue-eyed soul” singer known for his towering pompadour, has died of cancer at his Florida home. He was 78. The singer, who was called the “White Knight of Soul” for songs like “Last Kiss,” saw his heyday in the 1960s and ’70s. He had fans from the Blues Brothers to Rod Stewart...
OBITUARIES NOV. 27, 2017
Jon Hendricks, the 'James Joyce of jazz,' dies at 96 Jon Hendricks, the pioneering jazz singer and lyricist with the vocal ensemble Lambert, Hendricks & Ross who helped create an inventive jazz vocal technique called “vocalese,” has died. Hendricks died Wednesday in New York City, his daughter, Aria Hendricks, said. He was 96. When Hendricks arrived...
OBITUARIES NOV. 26, 2017
Harry Pregerson, one of the most liberal federal appeals court judges in the nation, dies at 94 U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge Harry Pregerson, a Los Angeles-based jurist who embraced the underdog and let his conscience inform his rulings, has died. He was 94. Pregerson, who was suffering from respiratory ailments, died Saturday night at his Woodland Hills home surrounded by family,...
OBITUARIES NOV. 22, 2017
Dmitri Hvorostovsky, 'the Elvis of Opera' and the voice of a generation, dies at 55 Dmitri Hvorostovsky, the Russian baritone known for his velvety voice, dashing looks and shock of flowing white hair, died Wednesday at a hospice near his home in London, several years after he was diagnosed with a brain tumor. He was 55. Called "the Elvis of Opera" and the "Siberian Express" by...
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David Cassidy, former teen idol and star of 'The Partridge Family,' dies at 67 David Cassidy, the former star of “The Partridge Family” TV hit of the 1970s and a reluctant teen idol to the boomer generation, died Tuesday evening of liver failure, his publicist confirmed. He was 67. The singer and actor died in Fort Lauderdale after being hospitalized in Florida for multiple...
OBITUARIES NOV. 20, 2017
Della Reese, singer, actress and 'Touched by an Angel' star, dies at 86 Della Reese, who started as a gospel singer for Mahalia Jackson when she was only 13 and rose to television fame in her 60s as Tess on CBS’ "Touched by an Angel," died Sunday evening. She was 86. Reese died "peacefully at her California home surrounded by love," former "Angel" costar Roma Downey...
OBITUARIES NOV. 20, 2017
Gay rights activist and political power broker Ben Dillingham dies at 72 Ben Dillingham, a retired Marine who became a political power broker clearing a path for pioneering gay office holders in Southern California, has died at his home in San Diego. He was 72. “He was the lodestar for those of us aspiring to serve in politics,” said state Sen. Toni Atkins (D-San Diego),...
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