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...
Activist Rebecca Sive, who had ‘deep passion for social change and civil rights,’ dies
Longtime Chicago political activist and author Rebecca Sive, who once served on the Chicago Park District...
Former Lincolnwood mayor Gerald Turry dies, remembered for years of public service and love of Chicago Cubs
Funeral services were held Tuesday for former Lincolnwood mayor Gerald Turry, who is also being...
Terence Stamp, British actor who portrayed General Zod in early Superman films, dies at 87
Terence Stamp, the British actor who often played the role of a complex villain, including...
Tristan Rogers, who played super spy Robert Scorpio on ‘General Hospital,’ dies at 79
Tristan Rogers, who played legacy character Robert Scorpio on ABC’s “General Hospital,” died Friday, less...
Greg Iles, Mississippi author of ‘Natchez Burning’ trilogy, dies of cancer at 65
Greg Iles, the Mississippi author of the “Natchez Burning” trilogy and other works, has died....
Marilyn Traum, ‘smart, energetic’ former Tribune fashion editor, dies at 98
Marilyn Traum, who spent 16 years editing the paper’s Monday "Feminique" section and she was...
Danielle Spencer, who played little sister Dee on ‘What’s Happening!!,’ dies at 60
Danielle Spencer, who played the wisecracking and tattling little sister Dee Thomas on the 1970s...
Column: Remembering astronaut Jim Lovell, one of a rare kind
It is a long way from Lake Forest to the moon — 240,000 miles, give...
Angela Turley, longtime Uptown activist who helped start a credit union, dies at 97
Turley helped found or lead organizations aimed at providing better housing, employment, education and safety...
Volunteers, friends vow to carry on work of late Chicago LGBTQ+ activist: ‘We’re her legacy’
The late LGBTQ activist Lori Cannon founded and ran Chicago food pantry GroceryLand for decades...