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...
Harvey Sass, owner of Steger locksmithing business and museum, dies
Harvey Sass expanded Elmer & Son Locksmiths in Steger and created a Locksmith Museum with...
Davey Johnson, who won 2 World Series as a player and managed the NY Mets to the 1996 title, dies at 82
Davey Johnson, who won the World Series twice with the Baltimore Orioles as a player...
Marilyn Ozinga Istel, a matriarch of concrete supply family
Centenarian Marilyn Ozinga Istel, one of the matriarchs of the family that owns and controls...
Kun Chae Bae, who founded a pharmaceutical company and owned TV stations and the Purple Hotel, dies at 91
The entrepreneur owned low-power TV stations along with other holdings like a golf course in...
W. Jay Wood, a philosophy professor who took the virtues to heart, dies at 71
He taught at Wheaton College since 1982 and also served as department chair. He believed in...
Fashion designer Giorgio Armani dead at 91
Giorgio Armani, a stalwart of Milan ready-to-wear who revolutionized fashion with unstructured looks, died Thursday...
John Seubert, multidisciplinary artist and creator of ‘crash tables’ furniture art, dies at 66
John Seubert, a lifelong Chicago artist who was fueled to create, has died.
‘Sopranos’ star Jerry Adler, Broadway backstage vet turned late-in-life actor, dies at 96
Jerry Adler, who spent decades behind-the-scenes of storied Broadway production before pivoting to the "Sopranos" has...
Ron Turcotte, the Hall of Fame jockey who rode Secretariat to the 1973 Triple Crown, dies at 84
Hall of Fame jockey Ron Turcotte, who rode Secretariat to the Triple Crown in 1973,...
Jim Rinnert, longtime art director for In These Times magazine and a theater enthusiast, dies
The activist in 1985 created a fund to provide financial support for members of the...