JAMES LILEKS: Remembering a WWII vet, an American original, a father. “I don’t know where he bought his Sunday Strib to read my column, but there will be one unsold paper today. Ralph Lileks — father, husband, up-from-nothing businessman, veteran, sportsman, aviator and by-God American original, died at his home this week [at age 93]. I found his WWII cap on the seat of his Harley in the garage. Thank you for reading, and if you see a man with that hat, thank him, too. We owe them the world.”

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