Archive for the In Memoriam Category

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2014 [Posthumous] As co-founder of the Joffrey Ballet in New York with Robert Joffrey in 1956, Gerald

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2013 [Posthumous] Burr Tillstrom (1917–1985), a native Chicagoan, for his contributions to the early days of television

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2013 [Now Deceased] Andrew Patner, for more than three decades was a journalist, editor, biographer, lecturer, teacher,

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2013 [Posthumous] Rudolph Johnson, Jr. (1947–2006), for 23 years as a well-known and well-regarded North Halsted Street

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2012 [Posthumous] Lois L. Bates (1970-2011) has served as an adviser, trainer, and health educator on HIV-prevention

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2011 [Posthumous] Jon Simmons (1955-1994), a city government liaison to LGBT Chicagoans under three mayors. Before being

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2011 [Posthumous] Tony Jackson (1876-1921), a pioneer in early-20th-century popular music. He brought musical influences from his

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2011 (now deceased) Grant Lynn Ford He was founding publisher of GayLife in 1975, which was distributed

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2011 [Posthumous] Antonia “Tata” Flores (1958-2008) was a great asset to the visibility and pride of Chicago’s

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2010 [Now Deceased] Affectionately known as “Ma” or “Gammie,” Bob Gammie has been an activity organizer and