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John Williams (1953–2026) of Jerseyville, IL | Obituary

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By John Williams 
| River Bender
John Walter Williams, 73, a longtime resident of Jerseyville, Illinois, passed away on May 13, 2026, at Alton Memorial Hospital. He was a warm, thoughtful, and deeply engaged husband, brother, uncle, educator, community leader, and friend whose presence will be profoundly missed. A son of Lt. Col. Winfield Scott Williams and Priscilla Ives Williams, John was born in Germany and grew up in a military family where he developed a great love of travel and a deep respect for diverse cultures.
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WGN Radio’s Book Club: April-May edition

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By John Williams , Bob Kessler 
| WGN-AM (Chicago, IL)
The WGN Radio Book Club will come to order… John Williams (weekdays 10am-2pm, including The Noon Business Lunch, plus the Mincing Rascals podcast) One Summer, America 1927, by Bill Bryson (Anchor Books) If Bryson writes it, I will read it. This one came out in 2014 – where was I! – and chronicles May to September of that year in the US. Stars of baseball (Ruth), aviation (Lindbergh), letters (Lewis) – plus booze, entertainment and culture and zip through this “zany” year.
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It's a Very, Very Mad World

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By John Williams 
| Pajiba
On the 20th anniversary of its release, we are republishing our review of one of the most inexplicable movies of the century, Southland Tales, written at the time by John Williams, who is now the Books Editor for the Washington Post. Writer-director Richard Kelly doesn’t make plot summary easy, so let’s take a deep breath at the top here and get this out of the way: In the world of Southland Tales, Kelly’s second feature, nuclear bombs were set off throughout Texas on July 4, 2005.
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