Obituaries
O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil trial, has died. He was 76.
Country music star Toby Keith has died. He was 62. The “Beer For My Horses” singer-songwriter, who was battling stomach cancer, died peacefully Monday.
Longtime Lockport Township trustee and clerk George Mushro passed away at the age of 80 on Nov. 25 at his home in Fort Meyers, Florida, though his legacy in Lockport is still felt today.
Tony Bennett, the eminent and timeless stylist whose devotion to classic American songs and knack for creating new standards such as “I Left My Heart In San Francisco” graced a decadeslong career that brought him admirers from Frank Sinatra to Lady Gaga, died Friday. He was 96.
Kirstie Alley, a two-time Emmy winner who starred in the 1980s sitcom “Cheers” and the hit film “Look Who’s Talking,” has died. She was 71.
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Funeral services are set for a Mt. Morris man who died Tuesday when his SUV collided with a semi at the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Winnebago Road in Winnebago.
Earl Jr. Noffsinger, 91, died on Friday, Dec. 8,2017 at Riverside, California.
Dorothy Mavrich, who led a grassroots effort to save the Rialto Square Theatre from demolition, died Tuesday afternoon
Clifford O. Hausken, 90, of Morris, passed away Tuesday afternoon, December 17, 2013, at Morris Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center with his loving family by his side.
Marian B. Burger, 87, passed away peacefully at Walnut Grove Nursing Home in Morris on December 17, 2013. Born March 29, 1926, in Morris, she was the daughter of the late Clifford and Lucille (Sheets) Mallory.
Frederick L. Walker, 95, of Morris, passed away peacefully with his family by his side early Tuesday morning, December 17, 2013, at Presence St. Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
Leona Mae Stull, 74, of Ransom, died Thursday afternoon, Dec. 12, 2013, at Park Pointe Senior Living, Morris.
Martha Goodwin was born Jan. 26, 1920, in Logansport, Ind., to Arthur Irvin Rentfrow and Edna (Ryan) Rentfrow Christianer.
Loretta M. “Becky” Maland, 93 of Coal City, passed away Monday, December 16, 2013 at Walnut Grove Village in Morris.