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BROADCASTER Merri Dee has died at the age of 85. The Chicago TV journalist suffered a kidnapping and shooting in 1971. Who was Merri Dee? Dee worked on-air for WGN-TV in the 1970s and 80s, later be… ...
Merri Dee, ‘homegrown, broadcasting legend’ who used her powerful voice to speak for crime victims, dead at 85 After surviving a violent 1971 kidnapping, she rallied Illinois politicians to ...
Merri Dee’s legacy, Salena Claybourne’s killing: reminders of the violence we face The WGN studios security guard was killed at a gas station where she’d stopped in South Shore. By Mary Mitchell ...
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Legendary Chicago broadcaster Merri Dee has died at age 85. Her family says she passed away peacefully in her sleep overnight. The local television star worked on-air for WGN-TV ...
MERRI Dee, a legendary Chicago broadcaster has died at the age of 85. Her death was confirmed by her family. Dee worked on-air for WGN-TV in the 1970s and 80s, later becoming the station’s ...
CHICAGO (CBS)-- Merri Dee, a beloved Chicago reporter, broadcaster, and community relations professional, has died. Dee was 85. Dee spent nearly all of her career with WGN-TV, Channel 9 – first ...
A West Side man who wounded television broadcaster Merri Dee and killed her companion in 1971 was held on $100,000 bond Friday after his arrest in a stolen car. Samuel L. Drew, 41, of 118 N. Menard… ...
Call her a legend. Merri Dee has certainly earned the title in the annals of Chicago broadcasting. Until her retirement in 2008, Dee spent more than 40 years in the radio and TV business in ...
Enter a recently-winged angel – Merri Dee. In fact, Andrews noted that this year's OUT of the Office was actually "an in memoriam for Merri Dee, who helped me 20 years ago take an idea and make ...
Merri Dee, a fixture on Chicago TV screens for decades as a reporter and anchor for WGN-TV, has died at 85, the news station reported Wednesday. A trailblazing broadcaster who won the hearts of ...
Samuel Drew, the man who shot and wounded broadcaster Merri Dee and shot and killed her TV guest 15 years ago, was sentenced to 12 years in prison Tuesday for possession of a stolen motor vehicle.
Popular Chicago broadcaster Merri Dee recently passed away at the age of 85. Her family said that she died peacefully in her sleep overnight. They issued a statement which read: “With great ...