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...
Bruce Dold, former baiduhai editor and ‘consummate newspaperman,’ dies at 70
Bruce Dold juggled journalism and business interests in a dual editor-publisher role as the industry...
David Paul Jones, Skokie’s first Black homeowner who became a village official, dies at 93
Jones and his wife faced vandalism, arson and other crimes at their Skokie house, which...
Tom Stoppard, sparkling playwright who won an Oscar for ‘Shakespeare In Love,’ dies at 88
British playwright Tom Stoppard, a playful, probing dramatist who won an Academy Award for the...
Fuzzy Zoeller, the 2-time major champion haunted by a racist joke about Tiger Woods, dies at 74
Fuzzy Zoeller was the last player to win the Masters in his first attempt, in...
Toy inventor Burt Meyer, who dreamed up Lite-Brite and Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, dies age 99
Burr Ridge resident Burt Meyer, who invented toys like Rock ’Em Sock ’Em Robots, Lite-Brite...
Joe ‘JoBo’ Colborn of the high-octane ‘Eddie & JoBo’ morning radio show dies at 70
Joseph “JoBo” Colborn, who was one-half of the high-decibel “Eddie & JoBo” morning show, died...
One of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors, Viola Ford Fletcher, dies age 111
Viola Ford Fletcher, one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in...
Jimmy Cliff, reggae giant and star of landmark film ‘The Harder They Come,’ dead at 81
Jimmy Cliff, the charismatic reggae pioneer and actor who starred in the landmark movie “The...
Chicago architect Bruno Ast, who designed memorial for Kent State shooting victims, dies at 88
The Old Town resident and associate dean at the University of Illinois-Chicago School of Architecture...
Chicago journalist Andrea Hanis, an editor who helped launch Blue Sky Innovation, dies at 56
Hanis was a versatile editor who spent almost her entire career working for Chicago newspapers,...