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When the Edgebrook native attended North Park University in 1967, Faust’s then-boyfriend wrote to Cubs owner Philip K. Wrigley, asking if he would hire her to play “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Wrigley wrote back a week later to say, essentially, thanks but no thanks. The Cubs’ loss was the White Sox’s gain.