Val Camilletti at her record store, Val’s halla, in 2005. (WTTW News)
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A legendary record store is closing at the end of the month. We revisit our portrait of this one-of-a-kind shop opened by Val Camilletti in 1972.

Val Camilletti at her record store, Val’s halla, in 2005. (WTTW News)

The legendary owner of Val’s halla, which celebrates 46 years in business this weekend, died Monday after a two-year battle with breast cancer.