My Brother Rob's Memories of Dad on the 20th Anniversary of his Death, April, 2017:

To my father, Mike Royko

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NEWLY DISCOVERED TIDBIT (April, 2017):

Helen Royko (Mike's Mom) 1928 Newspaper Quote

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Royko in Love - Mike's Letters to Carol:

The Book; The Magazine Story; The Blog

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The Earliest Royko: Before the column, 1951-1961

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About the Chicago Tribune eBook collecting ALL 2696 columns Dad wrote for the Trib, 1984-1997

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The Classic Royko Column about Mom, Dad and the Christmas Tree

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Veteran Royko: Dad's classic Veterans Day column, 1993

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The Classic Royko Column on the Occasion of the 1981 Royal Wedding

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Yes, Dad Loved Classical Music (October 6, 2010)

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Pete Seeger, Rest In Peace -- A Seeger (& Dad) Memory (1/28/14)

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Superdawg and Dad (June 6, 2013)

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The Chicago Tribune obituary headline of November 21, 2013 reads, "Terry M. Shaffer, journalist was trusted researcher for Royko," and this is my brief reminiscence and a link to that obituary.

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I love Tom Yanul's photos of Arnie Dornfeld and Dad (and others) at the Billy Goat Tavern book signing for Dornfeld's book, Behind the Front Page (forward by Mike Royko), December 7, 1983

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Mike Royko, John H. White & friends at the Billy Goat Tavern, May 28, 1981: Photos by Al S. Podgorski

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Boss -- The Musical - the Stagebill program; I don't know how long it ran, but I remember enjoying it (I turned 14 the month it premiered in June of 1973). It certainly had some top-flight people on-board, including Lou Conte and Dick O'Neill. Frank Galati won his first Jeff Award for it, and note the late (and eventual free-jazz icon and leader of the NRG Ensemble) Hal Russell on percussion

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Frank Sinatra's very PO'd 1976 letter to Dad was on Antiques Road Show in February, 2010. The letter, the reaction to the appraisal, and the great column Dad got from it are all worth seeing

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The Chicago Reader's Mike Miner Hot Type column of October 8, 2009, for which I was interviewed about Dad and his column: Aliens in Our Midst: Why columnists need to keep a safe distance from their fans

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The Chicago Reader's Mike Miner News Bites blog of October 1, 2009, where I discuss Dad and Roger Ebert's Granta story about O'Rourke's: "Mike Royko's son David makes some peace with the besotted era of Chicago journalism and the columnist's second home - O'Rourke's"

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Doc Watson and Dad (May 30, 2012)

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Royko at the Goat: Scott Jacobs' short video of Dad in his natural environment

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The first page of Dad's classic book, Boss: Richard J. Daley of Chicago, in a pre-publication late draft.

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Punk Royko!

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Royko's Grove (September 19, 2015)