Friday, March 14, 2025

Search results for keyword: Obituaries found in 34 News.

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  • by david hall
Dr. Ruth Westheimer, America’s diminutive and pioneering sex therapist, dies at 96

Her giggly, German-accented voice, coupled with her 4-foot-7 frame, made her an unlikely looking — and sounding — outlet for “sexual literacy.”

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  • by david hall
Susan Duncan dies at 89; South Side educator and mother of former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan

For 50 years, Mrs. Duncan ran Sue Duncan Children’s Center, an after-school program serving kids on the South Side. 'She really felt that education was a way to ameliorate the injustices in society,' her daughter said.

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  • by david hall
Patricia Haynes, who for years ran Mother McAuley High School theater program, dead at 74

She had a 37-year run at Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School in Mount Greenwood, where she led the theater program, eventually going on to create the 99th Street Summer Theatre Festival, a children's summer camp and other programming.

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  • by david hall
Judy Belushi-Pisano dead: Widow of John Belushi was 73

Born Judy Jacklin, she met John Belushi at Wheaton High School, where they began dating. They married in 1976.