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Brian K Wilk 1973 - 1994

Brian Kenneth Wilk was born on December 12, 1973 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois United States, and died at age 20 years old on April 28, 1994 at Masonic Medical Center 836 W Wellington Ave, in Chicago. Family, friend, or fan, this family history biography is for you to remember Brian K Wilk.

Brian Kenneth Wilk
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December 12, 1973
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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April 28, 1994
Masonic Medical Center 836 W Wellington Ave, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, 60657, United States
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  • Introduction

    Brian was a highly athletic graduate of Lane Technical High School who was attending Wright College in Chicago when he passed away too young at the age of 20.
  • 12/12
    1973

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    December 12, 1973
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    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    Brian was born and raised in Chicago Illinois.

  • Early Life & Education

    Brian graduated from Lane Technical High School and was a member of its wrestling team, which won the city championship in 1990. He was attending Wright College in Chicago.

  • Professional Career

    Brian worked for three years as a lifeguard at the Oak Street Beach which is located on North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Brian was born to Ken and Roberta and had a brother. Highly athletic, he was 12 years old when he won a bronze medal in the National Jesse Owens Olympics in Los Angeles, a member of the 1990 city championship wrestling team from Lane Technical High School, and worked as a lifeguard.
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    April 28, 1994
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    Masonic Medical Center 836 W Wellington Ave, in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois 60657, United States
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  • Obituary

    Brian Wilk, 20, of Chicago's Northwest Side died Thursday in Illinois Masonic Medical Center. Mr. Wilk was attending Wright College in Chicago. He had been a lifeguard at the Oak Street Beach for the last three years. He graduated from Lane Technical High School and was a member of its wrestling team, which won the city championship in 1990. When he was 12, he won a bronze medal in the National Jesse Owens Olympics in Los Angeles. He is survived by his parents, Ken and Roberta; his grandmothers, Margaret Wilk and Bernice Bowen; and a brother. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday in Mee & Ramme Funeral Home, 3918 W. Irving Park Rd., Chicago. Services will be at 11 a.m. Monday in the funeral home. - Chicago Tribune May 1st, 1994.
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In 1973, in the year that Brian K Wilk was born, in October, Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned - President Nixon nominated Gerald Ford for Vice President. Nixon's tax returns came under investigation. Nixon offered the recently discovered Oval Office tapes be heard by one person and summarized - his offer was rejected by the Special Prosecutor. Nixon ordered the Attorney General, then the assistant Attorney General, to fire the Special Prosecutor. Both refused and were fired. The Solicitor General became the acting Attorney General and fired the Special Prosecutor (the Saturday Night Massacre). Nixon releases some of the tapes, under extreme pressure because of the firings.
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In 1980, by the time he was merely 7 years old, on April 24th, a rescue attempt was begun in the Iranian Hostage Crisis. The attempt failed and 8 US servicemen were killed. Eight helicopters had been sent for the mission, but only 5 arrived in operating condition., Since the military had advised that the mission be aborted if there were fewer than 6 helicopters, President Carter stopped it. Upon leaving, a helicopter collided with a transport plane and the men were killed.
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