Full Text of SR0761 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Charles Allan "Lanny" Lutz of Los | 4 | | Angeles, California, who passed away on January 5th, 2021 at | 5 | | the age of 79; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz was born to Ruth Flarida Lutz and | 7 | | Allan Barr Lutz in Washington D.C. on January 1, 1942; for a | 8 | | short time after the war, the family lived in Birmingham, | 9 | | Michigan; they ultimately settled in Darien, Connecticut; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz was a talented high school athlete; he | 11 | | won multiple sailing races on Long Island Sound; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, In 1964, Lanny Lutz earned a bachelor's degree in | 13 | | English from Yale University; he pursued his passion for | 14 | | acting in Yale's theater program; all the while, he also won | 15 | | awards for his piano playing skills; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz's fluency and interest in the French | 17 | | language led him to take a yearlong leave of absence from Yale; | 18 | | during a subsequent overseas trip to France, he met Katia | 19 | | Brillie; the two were married in Paris; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, After Lanny Lutz moved to New York City in 1967, |
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| 1 | | his daughter, Natalie Cebčle, was born; he also dedicated | 2 | | himself to full-time acting; soon, the family relocated to | 3 | | London so that Lanny could study at the acclaimed Royal | 4 | | Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA); and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz earned an Honours Diploma from RADA | 6 | | and was bestowed with the Bancroft Gold Medal; one of his | 7 | | memorable performances included the title role in Tartuffe; he | 8 | | even earned praise from the Canadian actress and writer | 9 | | Alexandra Sellers; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, In 1971, after graduation from RADA, Lanny Lutz | 11 | | lived in New York City and Los Angeles; his second-to-last | 12 | | destination was in the Chicago area, specifically Oak Park, | 13 | | which he called home for more than 20 years; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz was instrumental in the development of | 15 | | a thriving theater scene in Oak Park; he founded the | 16 | | Black-White Dialogue with Gerald Clay in 1996 and was a member | 17 | | of the Oak Park Festival Theater's Board of Directors; in his | 18 | | capacity with the latter organization, he played the lead role | 19 | | in All My Sons in 2005; one year later, he reprised his role | 20 | | from Tartuffe; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz founded a contractor's reference | 22 | | service entitled Lanny's List; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz was a member of the Actors' Equity | 2 | | Association and the Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of | 3 | | Television and Radio Artists; he was briefly featured in the | 4 | | movie, Batman: the Dark Knight; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz was also a wine connoisseur and an | 6 | | 18-wheeler truck driver; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz was preceded in death by his parents, | 8 | | Ruth and Allan Lutz; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Lanny Lutz is survived by his daughter, Natalie | 10 | | Lutz; his ex-wife, Katia Lutz; his grandchildren, Loic | 11 | | Tatischeff and Magalie Tatischeff; his sister, Carolyn Gibson; | 12 | | his nephew, Ian Gibson; his niece, Elizabeth (Liz) Gibson; and | 13 | | his dear friend from Oak Park, Janet Bohler; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Charles Allan "Lanny" Lutz and extend our sincere condolences | 17 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 18 | | it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Lanny Lutz as an expression of our |
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| 1 | | deepest sympathy.
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