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Robert McGill Thomas Jr. (May 9, 1939 – January 6, 2000) was an American journalist. He worked for many years at The New York Times and was best known for the obituaries he wrote for that newspaper.
The two story brick Italianate house was completed in 1862, built by James S. Thompson, a successful local businessman. The property includes several outbuildings constructed at the same time as the house, including a wash house, wood storage house, and a privy, all made of brick. A wooden barn and wooden children's playhouse were also built by ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in January 2025. Entries for each day are listed alphabetically by surname. A typical entry lists information in the following sequence: Name, age, country of citizenship at birth, subsequent country of citizenship (if applicable), reason for notability, cause of death (if known), and reference. January 2025 1 Viktor Alksnis, 74, Russian politician ...
Thompson was born in Washington, D.C., on July 25, 1948. [1] [better source needed] She received a Bachelor of Arts in English and Secondary Education [2] from the University of Maryland in 1970. She then earned a Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University in 2012. [3] Thompson lived with her husband near Chicago.
Thomson at one point was president of the Chicago Bar Association. [2] He was a trustee of the Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad from 1933 to 1939, when he was appointed trustee of the Chicago & North Western Railway. He served as trustee until his death on December 30, 1943. Thomson was interred in Chicago's Rosehill Cemetery.
He was also an assistant state's attorney for Cook County, Illinois from 1925 to 1926. [2] In 1929, he became the first African American to serve as assistant attorney general for the State of Illinois. He served in that capacity until 1933. [1] [2] He died at his home in Chicago on May 7, 1946. McGill was buried in Jacksonville, Florida. [2 ...
Robert Rutherford "Colonel" McCormick (July 30, 1880 – April 1, 1955) was an American publisher, lawyer, and businessman.. A member of the McCormick family of Chicago, McCormick became a lawyer, Republican Chicago alderman, distinguished U.S. Army officer in World War I, and eventually owner and publisher of the Chicago Tribune newspaper.
James R. Thompson: 2 John Wayne Gacy: White 52 M May 10, 1994 33 murder victims [a] James Edgar: 3 James P. Free Jr. [3] [4] White 41 M March 22, 1995 Bonnie Serpico 4 Hernando Williams Black 40 M Linda Goldstone 5 Girvies Davis: Black 37 M May 17, 1995 4 murder victims [b] 6 Charles Albanese: White 58 M September 20, 1995