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Goodbye to a friend
by Frances Archer on 12. Jan, 2012 in Chicago, People
I met Marshall Rosenthal about two years ago. While I immediately learned he was a great source for information on Chicago past and present, I didn’t get a chance to know him well enough. I never knew the details of his storied career in Chicago journalism until I read his obituary earlier this week.
Everyone knew his name
by Frances Archer on 26. Sep, 2011 in People
From Montrose to Peterson, Kedzie to Pulaski and far beyond, generations of Chicago kids knew Ned Singer’s Sports.
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