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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Maureen O'Donnell

Adolph M. Maestranzi, a Special Olympics silver medalist, memorialized after his death at 70

Adolph Maestranzi was born with Down syndrome in 1951, at a time many parents were told it might be best to institutionalize a child with the condition and move on with their lives.

Instead, his parents Ben and Madelyn Maestranzi raised him in a home filled with music, good food and love from his four siblings. 

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