David E. Collins, chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Products during the Tylenol murders, dies
David E. Collins was the chairman of Johnson & Johnson’s McNeil Consumer Products unit, the...
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Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102
Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first...
Longtime Gary Councilwoman Mary Brown remembered as a ‘beacon in the community’
Councilwoman Mary Brown, D-3rd, was remembered by colleagues and friends as an advocate for her...
Dave McGinnis, the former Chicago Bears assistant wrongly announced as head coach in 1999, dies at 74
Dave McGinnis, who nearly became Chicago Bears head coach in 1999, died at age 74....
Sid Krofft, ‘H.R. Pufnstuf’ creator and children’s TV visionary, dies at 96
Sid Krofft, the Canadian-born entertainment wizard who teamed with his brother and fellow puppeteer Marty...
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68
Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in...
Tracey Alston, pioneering Black media executive who helped define culturally competent marketing, dies at 64
Alston co-founded a national faith-based health initiative that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of...
Legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, dies at 97
The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He...
Thornton Township Trustee Christopher Gonzalez, who raised concerns about former Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, dies
Chirtopher Gonzalez was first elected Thornton Township trustee in 2021, and served under Frank Zuccarelli...
Davey Lopes, a Los Angeles Dodgers infield fixture and record-setting base stealer, dies at 80
Davey Lopes joined the 1984 National League East-champion Chicago Cubs in August of that year.
Irwin Weil, ‘legendary’ professor of Russian literature at Northwestern University, dies at 97
Weil co-taught a course on Russian choral music and chaired Northwestern's Russian language department from...
Faith Julian, whose family helped integrate Oak Park, remembered as ‘kind and generous’
Faith Julian, whose family was among the first to integrate Oak Park in the 1950s,...
Illinois Holocaust Museum founder Samuel R. Harris, who survived the Holocaust, dies at 90
As a child, Harris was separated from most of his family, who died, and sent...