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Ann Lurie, who came to Chicago a nurse and became one of city’s best-known philanthropists, dies at 79

A self-described hippie, Ms. Lurie moved to Chicago in 1973 to work as an intensive care nurse. She wound up giving tens of millions of dollars to Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Greater Chicago Food Depository, PAWS Chicago and several other…

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Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer dies at age 51

The Democratic commissioner was known for his advocacy of improving mental health care.

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Harriette Gillem Robinet, scientist, civil rights activist and lauded children's author, dies at 92

Writer believed that without knowing history, people can have no perspective on on life today.

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Donald Sutherland, actor from 'M*A*S*H' and 'Hunger Games,' dies at 88

Other films included "National Lampoon's Animal House" and "Ordinary People."