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"Long before President Bill Clinton attempted to create a universal health care system, John was already at the forefront of providing free health care to the needy," said Dorothy Tillman, a Stroger family friend and former 3rd Ward alderman. "It's a shame we could not give him. his flowers while he was alive to smell them."
"The first time he [Stroger] was elected president of the county board I was there by his side," [Ricky Hendon] recalled. "Now there is a new era in Chicago politics and I doubt if another [John H. Stroger Jr.] will even be found.""This man was determined to see a new Cook County Hospital and he did just that," said [Carol Moseley Braun]. "Stroger was a role model to all of us and I speaking for myself. He helped shape my career by giving me the motivation I needed early on to run against an incumbent and come out beating the odds.""Long before President Bill Clinton attempted to create a universal health care system, John was already at the forefront of providing free health care to the needy," said Dorothy Tillman, a Stroger family friend and former 3rd Ward alderman.See the full content of this document
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Chicago Loses a Political Icon
Determined, hard working, considerate, and helpful is how friends, colleagues and political admirers alike are describing the late John H. Stroger Jr. who died Friday at age 78.
The former president of the Cook County Board leaves behind a huge legacy and an even bigger imprint on...See the full content of this document
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