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Remembering Mary Ehrmann

Published March 5, 2013

Pete Ehrmann remembers his sister Mary, a beloved local educator who passed away on March 2.

Milt Rickun: An old-school fight referee

Published Dec. 11, 2012

Compared to some of the high-profile, self-promoting boxing referees who came after him, Milt Rickun was a shrinking violet. Rickun, who died Dec. 7 at age 85, was properly inconspicuous between the ropes. He didn't preen or showboat, and let his professionalism speak for itself.

Milwaukee theater community mourns Phylis Ravel's passing

Published Nov. 16, 2012

Phylis Ravel, who guided countless students to careers in theater as the head of the Theatre Arts program at Marquette University, has died after a long bout with cancer.

Boxer/artist Sylvester Sims dies

Published Oct. 8, 2012

Sylvester Sims, local African-American boxing legend and one of Milwaukee's foremost artists, died Saturday at his Northwest Side home. He was 83.

Boxing champ Fred "The People's Choice" Radmer dead

Published Sept. 19, 2012

When the fatal 10 count in store for all of us tolls over a boxing champion, the custom is to clang the ringside bell at the next fight card 10 times in honor of the departed. Since boxing in Milwaukee is pretty much dead itself nowadays, fight fans and everyone who admires a never-say-die spirit ought to bang a pot or ring the doorbell 10 times for Fred "The People's Choice" Radmer, who passed away Tuesday at 62.

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