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Hoh's passing is confirmed by the Knollcrest Funeral Home in Lombard, Ill., whose obituary states that he died Nov. 7 of undisclosed causes at a nursing home in Westmont, Ill. More information comes courtesy of a Facebook page dedicated to Hoh's legacy, where a Nov. 8 post attributes his death to "natural causes" and adds a moving personal tribute that sheds a little light on the last days of a musician whose contributions rarely received the attention they deserved."I will miss my friend, terribly," reads a portion of the post. "Eddie was a very kind and humorous man. We had so many great conversations, and he had so many awesome memories to share about his days playing. I am so honored to have met him and to be allowed by him to create this page for him. And though he no longer played the drums, which was partly due to his hearing loss, he could still pound out some good beats on the table!"As Vintage Vinyl News notes, Hoh came up in the early '60s, playing with a series of bands before joining the Modern Folk Quartet in 1965. Along the way, he built a reputation as a solid session player, which led to work for a fast-growing list of acts (including Donovan, who gave Hoh his first major credit on his Sunshine Superman LP).Between 1967-70, Hoh landed an impressive number of gigs, including touring with the Mamas and the Papas and becoming a member of the Monkees' regular session stable as the backup drummer for the legendary Hal Blaine. Other notable Hoh credits include the Mike Bloomfield/Al Kooper/Stephen Stills classic Super Session LP and work for Poco and the Flying Burrito Brothers.Just as quickly as he rose to prominence in the rock community, Hoh seems to have all but vanished in the early '70s, and his decades of silence sparked a number of bizarre rumors about his fate — but according to the Hoh tribute Facebook page, he spent his final months actively communicating with fans, and was touched by th...

But through the haze, they took action. On the day of Russell Eilrich's wake, his parents and the advocacy group Live4Lali hosted a training on how to use naloxone or Narcan to reverse an opioid overdose. The session, held at Glueckert Funeral Home in Arlington Heights as mourners paid their respects, got owner John Glueckert Jr. thinking and taking action, too. He now stocks two emergency kits of the overdose reversal drug inside his business and urges others in his industry to do the same. During a year that the health department projects will result in 2,155 accidental overdose deaths across Illinois, the possibility of one occurring can't be ignored -- even at a funeral home. "It's telling that now, next to our AED (automatic external defibrillator) or on top of our first aid kit, we have Narcan," Glueckert said. "It's just something that is now so prevalent." 'Aftershock' When Russell Eilrich died on Jan. 10, 2016, suburban funeral directors already were noticing an increase in opioid overdose deaths. At Glueckert, the uptick began after 2010, when the business performed just one opioid-related funeral. Since then, the number has grown to 10 in 2017 and six so far this year. "One of the hardest things we do is look across our desk into the eyes of a grieving parent," Glueckert said. "Now we're doing it every month, and it does take kind of a toll." Marya Gibbons, who owns Gibbons Funeral Home in Elmhurst with her husband, said she's learned to fear for her own children because of the tragedies that have befallen others. She remembers one grieving mother in particular. "You sit down and you meet with these people and you're just kind of like, 'What happened? And what do I need to do to make sure this doesn't happen to me?'" Gibbons said. "It makes you feel very helpless in your own life." "Normal" instances of people dying naturally...