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Billy Paul, center, a jazz and soul singer best known for the No. 1 hit ballad and "Philadelphia Soul" classic "Me and Mrs. Jones," died April 24, 2016. He was 81. <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/music/ct-billy-paul-obit-20160424-story.html" target="_blank">Read more</a>.

Gloria Maliarik, artist who specialized in stoneware sculpture, dies

June 9, 2018 at 5:30 a.m.

A little more than a year out of high school, 18-year-old Gloria Kondell Maliarik became one of the youngest staff artists to work for The Cartoonists, a commercial art studio...

Dr. Stavrula Gotsis, burn and trauma plastic surgeon, dies at age 91

June 9, 2018 at 7:21 a.m.

Shortly after receiving her medical degree in Athens, Dr. Stavrula Gotsis came to Chicago, leaving behind her family, friends and all that was familiar to her in the small mountain...

Joseph Scully, former bank executive, dies at 76

June 9, 2018 at 9:37 a.m.

Joseph Scully started his career at St. Paul Federal Savings Bank as a property appraiser, carrying a Polaroid camera from one house to the next. Scully used his knack for...

Louis Deardorff, a design engineer, dies at age 80

June 9, 2018 at 11:09 a.m.

Louis Henry Deardorff would often listen to his grandfather, camera inventor Laban Deardorff, talk about photography and his inspirations. The two were particularly close during Deardorff's teen years, when his...

N. Sue Weiler, historian on female labor leaders, dies at 83

June 9, 2018 at 11:22 a.m.

N. Sue Weiler, a college history professor for many years, dedicated much of her teaching career to shedding light on the role of female leaders in the Chicago Labor Movement...

Elaine Wong, child psychiatrist active in Chinese-American community, dies at 91

June 9, 2018 at 11:53 a.m.

As a Chinese-American teenager growing up in Hawaii in the early 1940s, Elaine Wong had dreams of attending Stanford University and becoming a doctor. But the Japanese had just bombed...

Dr. William ‘Wiley’ Rosenberg, longtime ophthalmologist, dies at 101

June 9, 2018 at 1:41 p.m.

During six decades as an ophthalmologist, Dr. William "Wiley" Rosenberg provided medical and surgical eye care to tens of thousands of Chicago-area patients, from newly arrived Eastern European immigrants of...

D-Day veteran John Chrenka is seen at the Hines VA Extended Care Center near Maywood on June 3, 2010.

John Chrenka, D-Day World War II vet awarded Legion of Honor, dies at 94

June 9, 2018 at 2:25 p.m.

John Chrenka Jr. was a 22-year-old from Berwyn waiting to cross the English Channel when he wrote down some lyrics while trying to comfort himself before climbing into a boat...

Duilio ‘Duke’ Sorini, co-owner of Italian restaurant Febo, dies at 93

June 12, 2018 at 5:30 a.m.

Duilio "Duke" Sorini was tending bar at Febo, his family's Italian eatery at 2501 S. Western Ave. in the 1950s, when a customer walked up and asked, "What's this place...

George Kufrin, Chicago photographer who took iconic portraits, dies at 89

June 12, 2018 at 5:54 a.m.

Lifelong Chicago photographer George Kufrin, the son of a Croatian-born sculptor, captured nuances few others could in his iconic photos of everyday people, celebrities, politicians, business leaders and even famous...

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