Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears Hall of Famer and Super Bowl-winning coach, dies at 86
Nobody embodied Bears football more than Mike Ditka, who became the face of the franchise...
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Mike Ditka through the years: From humble beginnings in Pennsylvania to legendary football career in Chicago
Here's a look back at Mike Ditka's extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings in Pennsylvania...
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...
Grateful Dead founding member Bob Weir dies at 78
Bob Weir, the guitarist and singer who as an essential member of the Grateful Dead...
Glenn Hall, aka ‘Mr. Goalie,’ who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win the 1961 Stanley Cup, dies at 94
Glenn Hall, who backstopped the Chicago Blackhawks to the 1961 Stanley Cup and was one...
Nancy Cirillo, UIC scholar on fascism and Atlantic slave trade, dies at 93
An expert on Caribbean studies and post-colonial literature, she loved teaching, mentoring and championing her...
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who sold US secrets to the Soviets, dies in prison at 84
CIA turncoat Aldrich Ames, who betrayed Western intelligence assets to the Soviet Union and Russia...
Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan, dies at 80
Michael Reagan, the eldest son of President Ronald Reagan and a conservative commentator, has died....
Beloved bell ringer Roger Paulhus remembered as Elmhurst’s ‘symbol of Christmas’
Roger Paulhus, long a holiday fixture ringing Salvation Army bells outside an Elmhurst grocery, died...
Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss, stepsister of Anne Frank, dies at 96
Auschwitz survivor Eva Schloss, the stepsister of teenage diarist Anne Frank and a tireless educator...
Bob Pulford, who ran the Chicago Blackhawks front office for 30 years and had 4 coaching stints, dies at 89
Bob Pulford, a Hockey Hall of Fame player who spent three decades as an executive...
CPD Deputy Chief William Betancourt, a ‘great leader’ in the department, dies over the weekend
Chicago police are mourning the death of Deputy Chief William Betancourt, who died Saturday morning...
Edith Renfrow Smith, part of ‘SuperAgers’ medical study, dies at 111
She was the first Black woman to graduate from Grinnell College in Iowa and a...