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...
Dick Cheney, one of the most powerful and polarizing vice presidents in US history, dies at 84
Dick Cheney, the hard-charging conservative who became one of the most powerful and polarizing vice...
Victor Conte, who sold undetectable steroids to elite athletes in baseball and track, dies at 75
Victor Conte, the architect of a scheme to provide undetectable performance-enhancing drugs to professional athletes,...
Notable celebrity and newsmaker deaths of 2025
Take a look at the notable celebrities and newsmakers who have died so far in...
Diane Ladd, 3-time Oscar nominee and mother to actor Laura Dern, dies at 89
Diane Ladd, the three-time Academy Award nominee whose roles ranged from the brash waitress in...
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, Grateful Dead singer, dies at 78
Donna Jean Godchaux-MacKay, a soulful mezzo-soprano who provided backing vocals on such 1960s classics as...
Bob Weber, the longtime ‘Motormouth’ columnist, is dead at 77
A master mechanic as well as a writer, his automotive column in the Tribune was...
Gary King, DuPage County clerk for decades, dies at 78
During 28 years as DuPage County’s elected county clerk, he worked to improve his office’s...
Barstool Sports’ Cody ‘Beef’ Franke, a Lake Villa native, dead after ‘sudden medical issue’
Barstool Sports personality and former golf pro Cody "Beef" Franke has died after a "sudden...
Former New York Jets center Nick Mangold dies at 41, less than 2 weeks after announcing he had kidney disease
Nick Mangold, one of the New York Jets' most popular and decorated players, died from...
June Lockhart, beloved mother figure from ‘Lassie’ and ‘Lost In Space,’ dies at 100
June Lockhart, who became a mother figure for a generation of television viewers whether at...