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...
Mike White, who coached Illinois’ 1983 football team to the Rose Bowl, dies at 89
Former Illinois football coach Mike White, who died Sunday, went 47-41-3 at Illinois from 1980-87...
Jeanette Winter, Chicago-born children’s book illustrator, dies at 86
Jeanette Winter found an unusual specialty in turning the lives of great artists into inviting,...
Rob Reiner, son of a comedy giant who became one in turn, dies at 78
Rob Reiner, the son of a comedy giant who became one himself as one of...
Former North Central College football coach Jeff Thorne, 53, remembered for ‘refusing to lose’
Naperville's Jeff Thorne, who led North Central College to its first NCAA Division III national...
John Corkery, a Chicago attorney and ‘performer at heart,’ dies at 82
Corkery’s creative spark was on display for more than three decades as one of the...
Ralph Heatherington, longtime principal who helped ease tensions between Wheaton high schools, dies at 79
He was principal at Wheaton North High School for 9 years and helped mend frayed...
Frank Gehry, architect of Millennium Park pavilion and some of world’s most imaginative buildings, dies at 96
Frank Gehry, who designed some of most imaginative buildings ever constructed and achieved a level...
Sister JoAnn Persch, a nun once arrested during her years of service to immigrants, dies at 91
She and Sister Pat Murphy's years of service together included helping push through legal reforms...
Steve Cropper, guitarist and member of Stax Records’ Booker T and the M.G.’s, has died at age 84
Steve Cropper, the lean, soulful guitarist and songwriter who helped anchor the celebrated Memphis backing...
Tom Houlihan, co-founder of HF Chronicle and longtime Star columnist, remembered for life in community journalism
Tom Houlihan, a longtime Star columnist and one of the founders of the Homewood-Flossmoor Chronicle,...