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  2. Swift House - Wikipedia

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    In addition to being a home for several different owners, the house has also served as a funeral home and as the headquarters of the Chicago Urban League. [2] The house was added to the National Register of Historic Places on June 9, 1978. [1] On December 3, 2023, the building was severely damaged in a fire. [3] [4]

  3. Century 21 (department store) - Wikipedia

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    The company was founded in 1961, by Syrian Jews, Sonny Gindi, Ralph I Gindi, and Al Gindi. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The original store is located at 472 86th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn . Founder Al Gindi's son, Raymond Gindi, served as Century 21's chief operating officer.

  4. Burr Oak Cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Burr Oak Cemetery is a cemetery located in Alsip, Illinois, United States, a suburb southwest of Chicago, Illinois.Established in 1927, Burr Oak was one of the few early Chicago cemeteries focused on the needs of the African-American community, it is the final resting place of many black celebrities, including Chicago blues musicians, athletes, and other notables.

  5. A funeral every 11 minutes at this Chicago installation ... - AOL

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    Dozens of funerals were underway at the offices of Havas Chicago — one every 11 minutes. The River North ad agency transformed its lobby into a funeral space last Thursday, the pop-up ...

  6. Forest Home Cemetery (Forest Park) - Wikipedia

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    Forest Home Cemetery is a cemetery located at 863 S. DesPlaines Ave, Forest Park, Illinois, adjacent to the Eisenhower Expressway, straddling the Des Plaines River in Cook County, just west of Chicago. [1] The cemetery traces its history to two adjacent cemeteries, German Waldheim (1873) and Forest Home (1876), which merged in 1969.

  7. Haymarket Martyrs' Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Haymarket Martyrs' Monument is a funeral monument and sculpture located at Forest Home Cemetery in Forest Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago.Dedicated in 1893, it commemorates the defendants involved in labor unrest who were blamed, convicted, and executed for the still unsolved bombing during the Haymarket Affair (1886).

  8. Coroner IDs man killed in southern Illinois head-on crash - AOL

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    Boling was driving a 2003 Dodge Durango west at 8:39 p.m. Saturday on Illinois 154 just east of U.S. 51 when her vehicle crossed the center line for unknown reasons and collided with a 1999 ...

  9. 30 Heartbreaking Photos of Princess Diana's Funeral - AOL

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    From the time she married Prince Charles in 1981, Princess Diana was a beloved figure in Britain, but few could have imagined the outpouring of grief that followed her death at age 36.As news ...