{"id":4844,"date":"2014-09-07T09:00:05","date_gmt":"2014-09-07T14:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.robertfeder.com\/?p=4844"},"modified":"2014-09-07T21:31:49","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T02:31:49","slug":"services-saturday-for-roy-leonard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/robertfeder.dailyherald.com\/2014\/09\/07\/services-saturday-for-roy-leonard\/","title":{"rendered":"Services Saturday for Roy Leonard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/a> Roy Leonard<\/p><\/div>\n

Funeral mass will be Saturday (September 13) for Roy Leonard, the beloved Chicago broadcasting legend who died last Thursday<\/a> at 83.<\/p>\n

Leonard was a popular and respected talk show host and entertainment critic for WGN AM 720 for more than three decades until his retirement in 1998. He also hosted the \u201cFamily Classics\u201d movie series and reviewed theater and films for WGN-Channel 9.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs one of the original \u2018Chicago\u2019s Very Own,\u2019 Roy Leonard\u2019s 31 years at WGN Radio and TV was a legacy in taste, thoughtfulness and entertainment,\u201d WGN news director Jennifer Lyons said in a statement.\u00a0\u201cHe led a full life filled with graciousness and kindness. We lost a great man; he will be sadly missed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday at Wm. H. Scott Funeral Home, 1100 Greenleaf Avenue, Wilmette. Mass will be at 10 a.m. Saturday at St. Mary Catholic Church, 1012 Lake Street, Evanston.<\/p>\n

In lieu of flowers, the death notice<\/a> said, \u201cthe family asks that you be kind to each other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Scott<\/a>

Scott Stantis cartoon\/Chicago Tribune<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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