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The former head of Illinois’ child welfare department died overnight.
Richard Calica resigned his position with the state Department of Children and Family Services last month.
He’d been diagnosed with cancer and had undergone surgery. When he resigned - Governor Pat Quinn praised Calica for adding more than 100 child welfare investigators to the department.
Calica’s chief of staff took over the department on an interim basis when he resigned.
Calica was 67.
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