Paul Phillips, a violinist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra under acclaimed music directors Georg Solti, Daniel Barenboim and Riccardo Muti, has died.
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Val Gray Ward, ‘the Martin Luther King of the theater community in Chicago,’ dies
Val Gray Ward, an accomplished actress, director and producer who founded Kuumba, a pioneering African-American theater company in Chicago, has died at 91.
Terry Anderson, AP reporter held captive for years, dead at 76
Terry Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, has died at 76.
Walter ‘Slim’ Coleman, community organizer in Uptown and Pilsen, dies at 80
Walter “Slim” Coleman, a community organizer whose public profile rose during his time as supporter and adviser to Mayor Harold Washington, has died.
Mandisa, Grammy award-winning ‘American Idol’ alum, dead at 47
Soulful gospel artist Mandisa, a Grammy-winning singer who got her start as a contestant on “American Idol” in 2006, has died, according to a statement on her verified social media. She was 47.
Glenda Miller, former McHenry County treasurer, dies at age 68
Glenda Miller, the McHenry County Treasurer from 2014 to 2022, has died.
Allman Brothers Band co-founder and legendary guitarist Dickey Betts dies at 80
Guitar legend Dickey Betts, who co-founded the Allman Brothers Band and wrote their biggest hit, “Ramblin’ Man,” has died. He was 80.
Bob Graham, ex-US senator and Florida governor, dies at 87
Former U.S. Sen. and two-term Florida Gov. Bob Graham, who gained national prominence as chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee in the aftermath of the 2001 terrorist attacks and as an early critic of the Iraq war, has died. He was 87.
Ben Stern, Holocaust survivor who fought planned neo-Nazi march in Skokie, dies at 102
Ben Stern survived the Holocaust and in the late 1970s vigorously opposed efforts by neo-Nazis to march in Skokie, a heavily Jewish Chicago suburb.
Eleanor Coppola, matriarch of a filmmaking family, dies at 87
Eleanor Coppola, who documented the making of some of her husband Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic films and who raised a family of filmmakers, has died.