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  • Illinois alumnus, longest-serving mayor in state history, has died

    Apr 24, 2019 10:00 am by WLS-TVIllinois in the News
    Bob Butler

    Bob Butler poses in front of city hall in Marion, Illinois, on Tuesday, Aug. 9, 2005.

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    WLS-TV (April 23) – The man who was the longest-serving mayor in Illinois has died at age 92. Bob Butler graduated from the College of Law at Illinois and served as mayor of Marion for 55 years.

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