Archive for the In Memoriam Category

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

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2010 [Posthumous] Dan Di Leo moved to Chicago in 1977 and shortly afterward began working as a

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2009 [Now Deceased] The journalist, activist, and award-winning novelist Frank M. Robinson, was a journalist, novelist, and

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Service Core of Chicago

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2009 (now deceased) Marcia J. Lipetz, Ph.D., has a long history of leadership, energy, passion, and vision

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INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2008 [Now Deceased] Guy Warner was born in Chicago in 1942 as the eldest of seven children.

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Times

INDIVIDUAL | Inducted 2008 [Posthumous] Joe La Pat (1943–2008), born in 1943 in Racine, Wisconsin, built a successful career, restored