Deontae T Nichols, age 26

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Lost to gun violence on January 9, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois.

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  • Nickname:
    3 Deon
    4 uncle Deon
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  • Number of children:
    2 0
    2 1
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  • Personality:
    2 Funny Love to Crack Jokes
    1 Chivalrous, Loved his family, and was striving to be better
    1 he loved me , he was real nice , he was super funny , cracked allot of jokes .
    1 Cool , loved making jokes
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  • Schools attended:
    1 Key School
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  • Comments:
    3 He love to play basketball and his favorite team was tha bulls
    1 He is missed
    2 (February 21st) 5:46am - i miss u sm uncle rip fav ❤️🫶🏾
    1 (May 11th 2025) miss you uncle love you 🙏🏾💔 still breaks my heart to see ur still gone 🥹🥹
    1 October 13th 2025 12:05 miss you sm🫶🏾
    1 I miss you so much uncle I can’t believe it I rmb when u took my next door🥹ily
    1 I love you so much
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