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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 sadness, ...

CHICAGO — A celebration of life and memorial service was held Tuesday in honor of WGN-TV icon Merri Dee. Dee passed away on March 16 at the age of 85. She was a local television star with 43 years in ...

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Merri Dee (right) with The B.O.S.S. Network founder Cameka D. Smith “I was kidnapped, shot twice in the head with a .38 at very close range, pronounced dead twice, and brought back,” legendary media ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Merri Dee was described by the late performer Nancy Wilson, in her 2013 memoir. with the words “trailblazing TV and radio icon,” ...

SPRINGFIELD (CBS)-- The shooting of Ariz. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords brought back memories for one Chicago media personality who survived gunshot wounds to the head 30 years ago. In 1971, Merri ...

BROADCASTER Merri Dee has died at the age of 85. The Chicago TV journalist suffered a kidnapping and shooting in 1971. Please provide a valid email. Your info will be ...

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 right ...

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 director of ...

Merri Dee, the onetime anchor and longtime director of community relations at WGN-Ch. 9, is leaving Oct. 1 after 37 years with the station. Dee, 71, who has remained an on-air presence as host of ...

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 “Merri Dee: Life Lessons on Faith, ...