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David Bahlman, Landmarks Illinois leader who led fight to save Cook County Hospital, dies

David Bahlman who led the Landmarks Illinois preservation organization from 1999 until 2008 and led fights to save Cook County Hospital and Mies van der Rohe’s Farnsworth House, has died.

December 21, 2023

McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge dies

McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge, who took the bench after a career as a private attorney representing several municipalities in the far northwest suburban area, has died at 61.

December 21, 2023

James McCaffrey, ‘Max Payne’ and ‘Alan Wake 2′ voice actor, dies at 65

James McCaffrey, an actor who provided the voice of Max Payne in the popular video game series and most recently voiced Alex Casey in “Alan Wake 2,” died Sunday after a battle with cancer, Variety has confirmed with his manager. He was 65.

December 18, 2023

Charles ‘Corky’ Goodman, Chicago businessman, philanthropist, advocate for Jewish causes, dies at 90

He participated in the development of the city of Jerusalem and the Operation Exodus movement, which helped relocate more than a million Jews from Eastern Europe to Israel.

December 17, 2023

Celebrated Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt dies at age 88

Self-taught sculptor Richard Hunt created pieces of several prominent Chicago residents, including Ida B. Wells and Emmett Till.

December 16, 2023

Walter Liefeld, Biblical scholar and teacher at Deerfield divinity school, dies

Walter L. Liefeld was one of the first full-time faculty members at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, where he taught classes on the New Testament for 31 years.

December 15, 2023

Actor Andre Braugher’s cause of death revealed

Emmy Award-winning actor Andre Braugher’s cause of death has been revealed just days after his death on Dec. 11 at age 61.

December 14, 2023

The Rev. George Lane, priest who helped save historic West Side church, dies at 89

The Rev. George A. Lane, who played a leading role in saving Chicago’s second-oldest church from demolition in the early 1990s, has died.

December 14, 2023

Chicago-born Emmy winner Andre Braugher, who starred in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61

Andre Braugher, the Emmy-winning actor best known for his roles on the series “Homicide: Life on The Street” and “Brooklyn 99,” died Monday at age 61.

December 12, 2023

Ryan O’Neal, star of ‘Love Story’ and ‘Paper Moon,’ dies at 82

Ryan O’Neal died Friday, his son Patrick said in an Instagram post. He was 82.

December 08, 2023

Robert Dyer, DuPage County lawyer who tried hundreds of cases, dies

Robert Dyer, a DuPage County-based trial lawyer based who, at the time of his retirement in 1992, had taken more than 400 cases to a courtroom verdict, has died.

December 07, 2023

Norman Lear, producer of TV’s ‘All in the Family’ and influential liberal advocate, has died at 101

Norman Lear, the writer, director and producer who revolutionized prime time television with such topical hits as “All in the Family” and “Maude” and propelled political and social turmoil into the once-insulated world of sitcoms, has died. He was 101.

December 06, 2023

Denny Laine, founding member of the Moody Blues and Paul McCartney’s Wings, dead at 79

Denny Laine, a British singer, songwriter and guitarist who performed in an early, pop-oriented version of the Moody Blues and was later Paul McCartney’s longtime sideman in the ex-Beatle’s solo band Wings, has died at age 79.

December 05, 2023

Vera Klement, ‘uniquely Chicago artist,’ dies at 93

Vera Klement, a noted Chicago-based painter who produced both abstract expressionist and representational pieces and also sometimes mixed the two forms, has died.

December 05, 2023

Dr. Todd Ing, who treated patients at Hines VA Hospital and wrote influential dialysis handbook, dies

Dr. Todd S. Ing, a nephrologist and professor of medicine whose expertise was in the field of dialysis, has died at age 89.

December 03, 2023

Pierre Rohrbach, north suburban hair stylist who married Hugh Hefner’s ex-wife, dies at 85

Rohrbach was a stylist at his Coiffure Pierre salon in Glenview for many years before moving to a nearby salon, developing a dedicated following during his career.

December 01, 2023

Retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court, has died at age 93

O’Connor was appointed by former President Ronald Reagan in 1981. She retired in 2006.

December 01, 2023

Shane MacGowan, frontman of The Pogues, dies at age 65

Shane Macgowan, the singer-songwriter and frontman of “Celtic Punk” band The Pogues, best known for the Christmas ballad “Fairytale of New York,” died Thursday, his family said. He was 65.

November 30, 2023

Henry Kissinger, secretary of state under Presidents Nixon and Ford, dies at 100

Former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger has died, his consulting firm says.

November 29, 2023

Frances Sternhagen, who played Esther Clavin on ‘Cheers’ and Bunny MacDougal on ‘Sex and the City,’ dies at 93

Frances Sternhagen, the veteran character actor who won two Tony Awards and became a familiar maternal face to TV viewers later in life in such shows as “Cheers,” “ER,” “Sex and the City” and “The Closer,” has died. She was 93.

November 29, 2023

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