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Jan 16, 2021 · Jim Tilmon, a longtime NBC 5 forecaster and aviation pioneer who became a household name to Chicagoans, has died at 86 years old, his family confirmed Saturday. The veteran journalist passed away...
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Jan 16, 2021 · Jim Tilmon, a trusted Chicago TV newsman, meteorologist and pioneering aviator, has died at 86 in Arizona, where he’d retired. Mr. Tilmon died Saturday afternoon, according to Frank Whittaker ...
Jan 17, 2021 · The longtime meteorologist for WMAQ-Ch. 5, and for a while for WBBM-Ch. 2, Tilmon died Saturday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz. He was in the company of his wife Joan.
Jan 17, 2021 · He was 86. He was a renaissance man, a pioneer; one of the first black pilots for American Airlines, and an award-winning meteorologist, who really was the great guy you saw on television. Before...
Aug 26, 2020 · Mr. Tilmon, 60, of Rockford, died Sunday of complications from kidney cancer, according to his father, retired Chicago weather forecaster and news anchor Jim Tilmon.
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Jan 18, 2021 · CHICAGO —Jim Tilmon, a longtime meteorologist, aviation expert, and talk show host on several TV stations in Chicago, has died. He was 86-years old.
Jan 16, 2021 · Jim Tilmon, a trusted Chicago TV newsman, meteorologist and pioneering aviator, has died at 86 in Arizona, where he'd retired. Tilmon died Saturday afternoon, according to Frank Whittaker,...