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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...
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Jan 17, 2021 · James Tilmon was born July 31, 1934 in Guthrie, Okla., the child of teacher and a high school principal. He had one brother and first got the urge to fly, he said in an...
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 ...
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 17, 2021 · Jim Tilmon was a pioneer in aviation and broadcasting, one of the first Black pilots for American Airlines and a longtime weatherman in Chicago. He died in Arizona, leaving behind a legacy of excellence and kindness.
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Tonight, we remember our friend Jim Tilmon. Jim died in Arizona. He was 86. He was a renaissance man, a pioneer; one of the first black pilots for American A...
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