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 ...

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’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 ...

At 76 years old, Merri Dee’s life reads a bit like a Hollywood screenplay: love, loss, intrigue. She was a local television star with 43 years in Chicago broadcasting, nearly all of them spent ...

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… ...

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 was described by the late performer Nancy Wilson, in her 2013 memoir. with the words “trailblazing TV and radio icon,” and “girl-next-door” in Dee’s “M… ...

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 ...

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 ...