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Billionaire Robert Pritzker, one of America’s wealthiest men and a member of the Chicago-based Pritzker family business empire, died Oct. 27 at 85. Pritzker built the Marmon group, a conglomerate of manufacturing and industrial service companies sold to Warren Buffett in 2008 for $7 billion, and he and his family’s holdings have included the Hyatt […]

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Gil Cates, a longtime Hollywood stalwart credited with reviving the annual Oscars telecast, died Oct. 31 at 77. Cates had directing, producing, and acting credits, including the 1970 film, “I Never Sang for My Father,” starring Melvyn Douglas and Gene Hackman, and “Summer Wishes, Winter Dreams” from 1973, starring Joanne Woodward and Martin Balsam. [[READMORE]] […]

Sanford “Corky” Kurland, a Cleveland-area legend for having run Corky and Lenny’s, a classic “Jewish” deli, for more than 50 years, died Oct. 22 at 81. “We’ve been getting calls from all over the country,” said Kurland’s son, Kenny, a co-owner of the restaurant. “Everybody loved my father. He was so nice to everybody. He […]

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