Bill Text: IL HR0040 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Brian Sleet of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-01-29 - Resolution Adopted [HR0040 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0040-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Brian | ||||||
4 | Elliott Sleet of Chicago, who passed away on December 26, 2018 | ||||||
5 | at the age of 41; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet was born to Marion and Camille Sleet | ||||||
7 | on December 22, 1977; as a child, he showed promise in several | ||||||
8 | areas; he played the piano for his kindergarten graduation, won | ||||||
9 | a writing contest in grammar school, played basketball and | ||||||
10 | baseball, and was selected for the magnet school, McDade, and | ||||||
11 | the academic center at Whitney Young High School; he was | ||||||
12 | baptized at Pilgrim Baptist Church; in 2000, he earned a degree | ||||||
13 | in Sociology from Dartmouth College, where he was known as the | ||||||
14 | "Mayor of Dartmouth" because of his habit of meeting, greeting, | ||||||
15 | and holding discussions on the Dartmouth Green; he earned his | ||||||
16 | Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois in 2005; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet believed that politics was a way to | ||||||
18 | influence public policy, and he was determined to make his | ||||||
19 | contribution in that field; he recently started his own | ||||||
20 | consulting agency and worked to help connect corporate clients | ||||||
21 | with grass-roots leaders; and
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22 | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet attended St. James Community Church; |
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1 | he was loyal, purposeful, committed, and faithful; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet is survived by his parents; his | ||||||
3 | brother Michael (Debbie) Sleet; his niece, Morgan; his fiance, | ||||||
4 | Nathalie Essex; his uncle, Craig (Camille) Wheeler; his aunts, | ||||||
5 | Carla Wheeler, Angela Wheeler, and Stephanie Lee; his | ||||||
6 | great-aunts, Julia Johnson, Ethel Sleet, and Naomi Henry; and | ||||||
7 | his many cousins and friends; therefore, be it
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8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
9 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
10 | we mourn the passing of Brian Sleet and extend our sincere | ||||||
11 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
12 | him; and be it further
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13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
14 | presented to the family of Brian Sleet as an expression of our | ||||||
15 | deepest sympathy.
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