Mary Morello, Libertyville native, activist and mother of Rage Against the Machine's guitarist, dies at 102

In 1996 Mary Morello walked on stage at the Aragon Ballroom and her son, guitarist Tom Morello of Rage Against the Machine, lowered the microphone so she could offer a few words before the band went on. Looking sweetly at the audience, she said, "I'd like to introduce the best f- - - - - - band in the universe." She delivered the pandemonium-inducing line many times — in recent years, with the assistance of a walker. Ms. Morello, a retired school teacher and free speech activist who raised her…