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Legacy.com is a privately held company based in Chicago, Illinois, [1] with more than 1,500 newspaper affiliates in North America, Europe and Australia, [4] [8] [9] including The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times and Manchester Evening News. [10]
Pope John Paul II was the subject of three premature obituaries.. A prematurely reported obituary is an obituary of someone who was still alive at the time of publication. . Examples include that of inventor and philanthropist Alfred Nobel, whose premature obituary condemning him as a "merchant of death" for creating military explosives may have prompted him to create the Nobel Prize; [1 ...
The following is a list of notable deaths in November 2021. 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.
Emil J. Freireich (March 16, 1927 – February 1, 2021) [1] was an American hematologist, oncologist, and cancer biologist. He was recognized as a pioneer in the treatment of cancer and use of chemotherapy and is often known as the father of modern leukemia therapy.
Chicago Cubs columbarium. In 2009, the cemetery added a columbarium specially dedicated to Chicago Cubs fans. [15] The structure is a replica of Wrigley Field's red brick wall, with a stained glass image of the stadium's scoreboard and a yellow 400 foot (120 m) marker. The wall contains 288 niches, and seats from Wrigley Field have been placed ...
20th Governor of Illinois: Hometown was Chicago John Ashcroft: May 9, 1942: U.S. Attorney General Born in Chicago Henry Moore Bates: Mar 30, 1869: Apr 15, 1949: Attorney Born in Chicago Rod Blagojevich: Dec 10, 1956: Congressman; governor of Illinois: Born in Chicago James Bowler: Feb 5, 1875: Jul 18, 1957: Chicago alderman; U.S. Congressman ...
Born in Chicago Oscar Brown Jr. Oct 10, 1926: May 29, 2005: Musician, poet Born in Chicago Bob Bryar: December 31, 1979: November 24, 2024: Drummer of My Chemical Romance: Born in Chicago Johnny Burke: Oct 3, 1908: Feb 25, 1964: Lyricist Raised in Chicago [2] Paul Butterfield: Dec 17, 1942: May 4, 1987: Blues musician Born in Chicago
Hrubý (feminine Hrubá) is a Czech and Slovak surname, meaning crude, rough, gross or (in the old Czech) big.The last meaning is how the surname was formed. People with this surname include: