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Dr. William Lamers Jr. dies at 80; championed modern hospice care

2012-02-19 00:00:00

"I'm not sick; I'm only dying," a friend told Dr. William Lamers Jr. The man had inoperable cancer and wanted to go home to die, but his doctor wouldn't let him out of the hospital. It was the early 1970s, when most people with incurable illnesses died...

Monster Mash: Michael Jackson art donated to children's hospital

2011-08-09 16:33:22

The 'contagion' of social networks

2010-09-13 00:00:00

The old folk concept that our personal health behaviors rub off on those around us has received a staggering amount of scientific support of late. Over the last few years, study after study has shown that weight gain, drug and alcohol use, even loneliness...

Monster Mash: Salvador DalÃ museum opens in Florida; Metropolitan Museum of Art gets $10 million

2011-01-12 16:32:56

Maurice Lucas dies at 58; menacing power forward in the NBA

2010-11-02 00:00:00

Maurice Lucas, the menacing NBA power forward who was dreaded on the floor and beloved off it, died Sunday of bladder cancer in Portland, Ore. He was 58. An icon in Portland, Lucas was a four-time NBA All-Star, playing 12 seasons with six teams,...

Terrance McGarry dies at 72; reporter, editor at UPI and L.A. Times

2011-04-27 00:00:00

Terrance W. McGarry, a former Los Angeles Times Valley edition reporter and assistant city editor whose previous work for United Press International included coverage of the assassination of President Kennedy, died Tuesday of a rare brain disease at his...

Dorothy Kamenshek dies at 84; women's baseball league star

2010-05-22 00:00:00

Former New York Yankee first baseman Wally Pipp called Dorothy "Dottie" Kamenshek "the fanciest-fielding first baseman I've ever seen, man or woman." Spurred by the personal philosophy that "anything less than my best is failure," she was known to jump...

Dick McGuire dies at 84; Hall of Famer spent decades with the Knicks

2010-02-04 00:00:00

Dick McGuire, a basketball Hall of Famer and longtime member of the New York Knicks organization, died Wednesday of natural causes at Huntington Hospital in Long Island, the team announced. He was 84. McGuire, who was still working as the team's senior...

LATFOB: Raymond Carver biographer Carol Sklenicka [Updated]

2010-04-06 16:34:07

Escape to Milwaukee

2008-02-13 10:53:47

When it comes to winter getaways, many of us think warm: Cabo, Jamaica, Miami. These are the literal hot spots, where bone-chilling winter blahs melt like so many snowflakes into sandy beaches, tropical drinks and balmy sunsets. But a quick jaunt to Cabo,...

PASSINGS

2009-04-08 00:00:00

Carmelita Durio Sister of O.J. Simpson Carmelita Durio, O.J. Simpson's sister, who collapsed in a Las Vegas courtroom when he was convicted of robbery and kidnapping last October, died Monday in a Sacramento hospital. She was believed to be in her early...

'Wifredo Lam' at the Museum of Latin American Art

2008-07-23 00:00:00

IN 19th CENTURY EUROPE, when modern science bumped aside the Christian God as the primary artistic foundation for meaning and moral value, artists lost a subject that had preoccupied them for hundreds of years. "Show me an angel and I'll paint one," the...

Quarles & Brady LLP announced the addition of Ruth A. Pivar of counsel, to the firm's substantial Chicago-office trusts and estates practice group. She was previously with Ungaretti & Harris LLP.

2013-03-20 12:23:00

Hale, joined the Big Shoulders Fund as its Executive Director in 2005. In 2010, Mr. Hale was recognized by Crain's Chicago Business as one of Chicago's "40 under 40" outstanding civic and business leaders.

2012-10-25 20:34:00

Erin Nagle has joined Interra Realty as an associate. Her primary responsibilities include underwriting multi-family investments, research data basing and client development. Nagle has a Bachelor's degree from Marquette University.

2012-10-22 10:20:00