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Ernani Bernardi (1911-2006) —
of Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Standard, Putnam
County, Ill., October
11, 1911.
Big band era musician; saxophone and clarinet player;
candidate for mayor
of Los Angeles, Calif., 1993.
Died January
4, 2006 (age 94 years, 85
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Sol Bloom (1870-1949) —
of Manhattan, New York
County, N.Y.
Born in Pekin, Tazewell
County, Ill., March 9,
1870.
Democrat. Play
producer; entertainment
manager; songwriter; furniture
business; real estate
business; U.S.
Representative from New York, 1923-49 (19th District 1923-45,
20th District 1945-49); died in office 1949; alternate delegate to
Democratic National Convention from New York, 1944.
Jewish.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Moose; Redmen.
Died, from a heart
attack, in the U.S.
Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., March 7,
1949 (age 78 years, 363
days).
Interment at Mt.
Eden Cemetery, Westchester Hills, N.Y.
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Lou Breese (1900-1969) —
also known as Luigi G. Calabrese —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Milford, Worcester
County, Mass., February
10, 1900.
Musician and bandleader; performed, Republican National Convention, 1952.
Italian
ancestry.
While conducting his band for an audience of 1,500 at a jewelers
convention, he suffered a fatal heart
attack, in the Conrad Hilton Hotel,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
11, 1969 (age 68 years, 336
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John Wheaton Casto (1879-1950) —
also known as John W. Casto —
of East Moline, Rock
Island County, Ill.; Rock Island, Rock
Island County, Ill.
Born in Danville, Vermilion
County, Ill., August
1, 1879.
Democrat. School teacher
and principal; music composer; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Illinois 14th District, 1926.
Member, Rotary.
Died in San Joaquin
County, Calif., May 7,
1950 (age 70 years, 279
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Arthur Radcliffe Getty (1861-1919) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in London, England,
1861.
Naturalized U.S. citizen; musician; lyricist;
poet;
Vice-Consul
for Great Britain in Chicago,
Ill., 1896-1901.
English
and Irish
ancestry.
Died in Washington,
D.C., August
6, 1919 (age about 58
years).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Samuel Gibson Getty and Emily (Crossley) Getty; married, July 26,
1919, to Marie Reid. |
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Spencer Pettis Gracey (1865-1933) —
also known as Spencer P. Gracey —
of Atlanta, Logan
County, Ill.; Berkeley, Alameda
County, Calif.; Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., December
18, 1865.
Opera singer; U.S. Vice Consul in Foochow, as of 1898; U.S. Consular Marshal in Foochow, as of 1898; worked for Standard Oil company
in Japan and China; foreign
exchange broker.
Died, from peritonitis
and heart
failure, in International Hospital,
Hankow (now part of Wuhan), China,
January
15, 1933 (age 67 years, 28
days).
Cremated.
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John James O'Grady (1889-1971) —
also known as Jack J. O'Grady —
of Indiana.
Born in Kewanee, Henry
County, Ill., July 6,
1889.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; band and
orchestra leader; member of Indiana
state house of representatives, 1927, 1939-41; member of Indiana
state senate, 1943-53; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Indiana 6th District, 1948.
Member, Elks; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Moose; Eagles;
Lions.
Died in Terre Haute, Vigo
County, Ind., June 4,
1971 (age 81 years, 333
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Terre Haute, Ind.
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Danny O'Neil (1920-2002) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; Oak Park, Cook
County, Ill.; Haines City, Polk
County, Fla.
Born in Georgia, December
12, 1920.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; singer;
honored guest, Democratic National Convention,
1944 ; game
show host.
Died, from heart
failure, in a rehab
center at Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., May 20,
2002 (age 81 years, 159
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Brothrton Petree and Nancy Louise (Ruelle) Petree; married
to Patricia Geraghty and Geraldine Mae Healy. |
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Charlotte Thompson Reid (1913-2007) —
also known as Charlotte T. Reid; Charlotte Leota
Thompson; Annette King —
of Aurora, Kane
County, Ill.
Born in Kankakee, Kankakee
County, Ill., September
27, 1913.
Republican. Professional singer; U.S.
Representative from Illinois 15th District, 1963-71; member,
Federal Communications Commission, 1971-76.
Female.
Died in Aurora, Kane
County, Ill., January
25, 2007 (age 93 years, 120
days).
Interment at Spring
Lake Cemetery, Aurora, Ill.
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Louis C. Sudler (1903-1992) —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., 1903.
Republican. Real estate
business; singer; performed, Republican National
Convention, 1952,
1956,
1960;
philanthropist; helped make the Chicago Symphony world-famous.
Died, from Alzheimer's
disease, in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 1992 (age about 89
years).
Interment at Rosehill
Cemetery, Chicago, Ill.
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Mona Vann —
of Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.
Democrat. Opera singer; performed, Democratic National Convention, 1944.
Female.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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William Caesar Warfield (1920-2002) —
also known as William Warfield —
Born in West Helena (now part of Helena-West Helena), Phillips
County, Ark., January
22, 1920.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; professional
singer; actor;
performed, Republican National Convention, 1952 ;
university
professor.
Baptist.
African
ancestry.
Broke his neck in an accidental fall, and
died a few weeks later, in Northwestern Memorial Hospital,
Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., August
25, 2002 (age 82 years, 215
days).
Interment at Mt.
Hope Cemetery, Rochester, N.Y.
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