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Loving son's tribute to 'Chicago's Finest'
Chicago Sun-Times, June 16, 2006 by Robert Feder
Tim Baldy was just 2 years old in 1960 when his father was killed in a helicopter crash while providing traffic reports for news/talk WGN-AM (720). Only years later would the son come to understand what a huge local celebrity and beloved figure "Flying Officer" Leonard Baldy was -- and how deeply Chicagoans felt about his tragic death.
The result of Tim Baldy's lifelong quest to learn about his father is "Chicago's Finest: The Story of Flying Officer Leonard Baldy," a reverent and inspiring biography of an extraordinarily decent man.
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