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After 250 gigs, Larry Bergnach retiring from the free speech circuit – Daily Southtown
October 15, 2018
Larry Bergnach was giving a presentation about Riverview Park, the old Chicago amusement destination that closed in the 1960s, when an elderly man in the audience chimed in with his own memories of Riverview.The talk was at an elder care facility, and Bergnach later learned the man was in an advanced stage of Alzheimer’s disease and had not spoken at that length “on any topic for four years,” Bergnach said.
Those kinds of experiences were why Bergnach, of Oak Lawn, worked the pro bono speakers circuit.
“After I would do a speech, the people were so appreciative,” he said.