Julie Woestehoff, Chicago education activist who urged local control of...
Julie Woestehoff was the longtime executive director of Chicago-based Parents United for Responsible Education (PURE), a reform-minded schools advocacy group that pushed for citizen involvement in the...
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‘Mr. D,’ Tinley Park’s traveling magician, ‘at peace’ after fight with cancer
Tinley Park shines a little less bright in the wake of the death of Dirk Spence, a beloved resident known as “Mr. D” who entertained generations of people with his magic. Spence died March 20 in...
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Douglas Higgins, who in middle age returned to a career in education, dies
Douglas Higgins spent a quarter-century in real estate management before returning to his roots in education and spending 16 years as the principal and assistant principal of elementary and junior high...
View ArticleRichard Chamberlain, TV actor who starred in ‘Dr. Kildare,’ dies at 90
LOS ANGELES — Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series “Dr. Kildare” who found a second career as an award-winning “king of the miniseries,” has died. He was 90....
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Thomas Hardy, Tribune political columnist who went to work for Gov. Edgar, U....
Thomas Hardy was a writer and editor for the Tribune, including 10 years as the paper’s top political reporter and a Sunday columnist, before leaving journalism to work as a press secretary for...
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Hannah Voigt, influential piano teacher and ‘consummate musician,’ dies
Hannah Voigt taught piano in Oak Park and performed in the Chicago area for six decades while also mentoring other piano teachers through the Chicago Area Music Teachers Association. Voigt oversaw the...
View ArticleGeorge Freeman, a trailblazing jazz guitarist who enjoyed a late-career...
You could recognize George Freeman’s playing anywhere. When tenor saxophonist Gene Ammons and his sextet appeared as guests on WTTW in 1970, most members of the band generally hewed to the backing...
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Craig Podolski, Buffalo Grove teacher who developed annual service day for...
Craig Podolski was middle school English teacher and coach in Buffalo Grove who developed an annual service day at his school that had hundreds of youngsters volunteering in the community. “As both a...
View ArticleVal Kilmer, film star who played Batman and Jim Morrison, dies at 65
Val Kilmer, a homegrown Hollywood actor who tasted leading-man stardom as Jim Morrison and Batman, but whose protean gifts and elusive personality also made him a high-profile supporting player, died...
View ArticleVal Kilmer, ‘Top Gun’ and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65
LOS ANGELES — Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,”...
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