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Champion of the Kankakee River, Ed Mullady
By Lee Provost
lprovost@daily-journal.com
KANKAKEE — There, of course, was a Kankakee River long before Ed Mullady began talking, writing and advocating for it.
However, the man and the river go so hand-in-hand it is hard to picture one without the other.
Mullady, perhaps the greatest champion of the Kankakee River — this region’s greatest natural resource — died Sunday. He was 94.
He was affectionately called the “Godfather of the Kankakee River.” He was also inducted into the Illinois Outdoors Hall of Fame ...
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