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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with regret of the death of Clarence |
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| "Bubba" Glenn on Thursday, April 22, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn was born in Chicago, one of 6 children |
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| of Clarence and Gertrude Glenn; he grew up in Bronzeville and |
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| graduated from Wendell Phillips High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn took a few courses at community colleges |
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| and joined the Cook County sheriff's department; he was often |
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| loaned out to work undercover for other agencies; in the course |
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| of his work he infiltrated major gangs and the Mafia; he spent |
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| 3 decades as a private detective, often working undercover for |
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| the FBI, Secret Service, and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and |
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| Firearms; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Glenn often helped the Chicago Police |
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| Department find the killers of police officers; in the |
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| mid-1990s, Mr. Glenn worked with the Secret Service tracking |
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| down people who were cloning cell phone numbers; Cellular One |
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| gave him a franchise to operate and he became interested, |
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| running it for a time after the case was over; he was known for |
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| his generosity and always had a smile on his face; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Clarence "Bubba" Glenn has been |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his former wife, Florence |
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| Glenn; his daughters, Clarissa Glenn and Yvonne Glenn-Brown; |
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| his sons, Clarence and Bryan; his sisters, Diane, Joanne, and |
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| Clarice Glenn; his brothers, Council and Franklin; and his 10 |
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| grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn the passing of Clarence "Bubba" Glenn, a man who |