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Article: Former Blagojevich fundraiser dies
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- Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque)
- Article date:
- September 13, 2009
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CHICAGO - A former chief fundraiser for ousted Illinois Gov. Rod
Blagojevich died Saturday, just days before he was to begin serving
at least eight years in federal prison for fraud that included using
his company's money to pay gambling debts and claiming it as a
business expense.
Christopher G. Kelly, 51, raised millions of dollars for
Blagojevich's campaigns and was among his closest advisers. He had
pleaded not guilty to charges included in the federal indictment
alleging Blagojevich sought to sell or trade President Barack
Obama's former U.S. Senate seat.
Kelly was found Friday night in a lumber yard parking lot in
Country Club Hills, a town just southwest of Chicago, where an ...