Many of the 739 Chicagoans who died of heat that summer, many elderly, many people of color, were forgotten for years.
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Chicago Tribune

There are few memorials for Chicagoans who died from heat in 1995. But there are remnants.

The closest thing we have to a memorial for people who died from the heat is not even in Chicago. It’s the headstone of the mass grave in Homewood.

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