Bill Text: IL SR1272 | 2021-2022 | 102nd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of John Hughes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2022-11-16 - Resolution Adopted [SR1272 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2021-SR1272-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | ||||||
3 | to learn of the death of John Hughes, who passed away on | ||||||
4 | September 5, 2022; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Hughes was born to Ernest W. Hughes Jr. and | ||||||
6 | Sletta Estella Hughes in Princeton, New Jersey on June 21, | ||||||
7 | 1951; he graduated as a Paul Robeson Scholar from Rutgers | ||||||
8 | University in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1974; and
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9 | WHEREAS, John Hughes held a long career in public | ||||||
10 | broadcasting; he began at the New Jersey Public Broadcasting | ||||||
11 | Authority after college before leaving to hold executive | ||||||
12 | positions at Georgia Public Broadcasting and WABE in Atlanta, | ||||||
13 | Georgia; he then became a general manager for Clark Atlanta | ||||||
14 | University's radio station, WCLK; he later relocated to become | ||||||
15 | a program executive at Howard University's WHUT public | ||||||
16 | television station in Washington, D.C.; he also served as | ||||||
17 | general manager of WPFW, the Pacifica station in Washington, | ||||||
18 | D.C.; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Most recently, John Hughes served as general | ||||||
20 | manager of radio station KPVU, located on the campus of | ||||||
21 | Prairie View A&M University, in Prairie View, Texas, starting | ||||||
22 | in 2016; during his tenure, he rebranded KPVU to The Art of |
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1 | Soul to bridge gaps between neo-soul, jazz, world music, and | ||||||
2 | Latin music; he also helped KPVU, traditionally a jazz | ||||||
3 | station, introduce modern R&B and hip-hop programming to its | ||||||
4 | schedule; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Hughes was a lifelong lover of music, with | ||||||
6 | some of his favorite artists including Héctor Lavoe, Willie | ||||||
7 | Colón, Gil Scott-Heron, Celia Cruz, Donny Hathaway, Grover | ||||||
8 | Washington Jr., Nina Simone, George Benson, Stevie Wonder, | ||||||
9 | Gregory Porter, and Paul Robeson; he loved international | ||||||
10 | travel, food, sports, politics, Cuban art, and culture; he | ||||||
11 | maintained decades-long friendships with his Groove Phi Groove | ||||||
12 | brothers and his Atlanta, Washington, D.C., and New Jersey | ||||||
13 | crews; and
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14 | WHEREAS, John Hughes was known for his stunning wit, his | ||||||
15 | soaring intelligence, his captivating storytelling, his | ||||||
16 | infinite love for friends and family, his mischievous sense of | ||||||
17 | adventure, and his boundless charm; he will be remembered for | ||||||
18 | advocating for greater diversity in programming, mentoring | ||||||
19 | students of color at historically Black colleges and | ||||||
20 | universities, and helping to create a broadcast engineering | ||||||
21 | program at Prairie View A&M University to increase the number | ||||||
22 | of Black engineers in the industry; and
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23 | WHEREAS, John Hughes was preceded in death by his parents |
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1 | and his brother, Thomas; and
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2 | WHEREAS, John Hughes is survived by his siblings, Charles | ||||||
3 | Hughes, Douglas Hughes, Nancy Holley Hughes, Ella Noyland | ||||||
4 | Hughes, Ernia P. Hughes, and Sletta Hughes Arobo; his | ||||||
5 | godmother; and an extended family of cousins, nieces, nephews, | ||||||
6 | and godchildren; therefore, be it
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7 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | ||||||
8 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
9 | John Hughes and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
10 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
12 | presented to the family of John Hughes as an expression of our | ||||||
13 | deepest sympathy.
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