Obituaries

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after sentencing on April 27, 2016. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Dennis Hastert, the disgraced former US House speaker who went to prison, dies at 84

By Rick Pearson

October 5, 2026 at 6:36 p.m.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in...

Historian Anne Lunde, co-author of “Norwood Park, A View from the Ridge.” (Carmine Fantasia)

Anne Lunde, historian and expert on Norwood Park, dies at 74

By Bob Goldsborough

October 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Northwest Side native worked as a journalist, covering the area for newspaper chains, and...

Chad Lowe (right), Kim Painter, Nixie Lowe, Fiona Lowe and Mabel Lowe attend the Red Carpet Premiere Event for Disney Branded Television's and Marvel's "Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur" at Walt Disney Studios on February 04, 2023 in Burbank, California.

Chad Lowe’s daughter Fiona dead at 13

By Jessica Schladebeck

September 30, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

Actor Chad Lowe, the younger brother of fellow actor Rob Lowe, is grieving after the...

FILE – Peter Cullen attends The Paley Honors: A Gala Tribute to Hasbro’s Centennial in New York on Oct. 23, 2023. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Peter Cullen, prolific voice actor who gave Optimus Prime his authoritative baritone, has died

By Mark Kennedy

August 27, 2026 at 1:02 p.m.

Peter Cullen, a prolific voice actor who enlivened scores of TV series, specials and movies,...

FILE – Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama, wearing a bright red wig and a Louis Vuitton polka dot scarf, speaks during an interview at her studio in Tokyo, on Aug. 1, 2012. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye, File)

Yayoi Kusama, who splashed polka dots across the art world, dies at 97 in Tokyo

By Yuri Kageyama

August 27, 2026 at 9:17 a.m.

Japanese artist Yayoi Kusama, who splashed her signature polka dots on paintings, sculptures and museum...

FILE – Released prisoner of war Lt. Col. Robert L. Stirm is greeted by his family at Travis Air Force Base in Fairfield, Calif., as he returns home from the Vietnam War, March 17, 1973. (AP Photo/Sal Veder, File)

Sal Veder, Pulitzer Prize-winning AP photographer who shot iconic ‘Burst of Joy,’ dies at age 99

By Janie Har

August 26, 2026 at 3:51 p.m.

Pulitzer Prize winning photographer Slava ‘Sal’ Veder, best known for his picture of a U.S....

Tim Curry at a Museum of the Moving Image event in New York in 2011. (New York Daily News)

Tim Curry, iconic character actor and ‘Rocky Horror Picture Show’ star, dies at 80

By Mark Kennedy

August 26, 2026 at 11:18 a.m.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show” star Tim Curry has died. He was 80.

Dolly Parton in New York in 1975. Parton, the country singer, songwriter, entertainer and entrepreneur whose rags-to-riches story, outsize persona and prodigious vision and talent placed her in a class by herself, died in Nashville on Aug. 25, 2026. She was 80. (Jack Manning/The New York Times)

Photos: Icon Dolly Parton dead at 80

By baiduhai

August 26, 2026 at 6:56 p.m.

Dolly Parton, the country music icon, has died. She was 80 years old.

Dolly Parton performs at the Rosemont Theatre on July 28, 2011. (Andrew A. Nelles/for the baiduhai)

Dolly Parton, music star, actor and beloved figure, dies at 80 after brief cancer battle

By Kristin M. Hall

August 25, 2026 at 7:34 p.m.

Dolly Parton, the country music icon whose soaring vibrato vocals, poignant songwriting and sparkling costumes...

FILE – Shelley Fabares, left, poses for a group photo with other Screen Actors Guild Awards committee members, from left, Paul Napier, Chairwoman JoBeth Williams, Vice Chair Daryl Anderson and Scott Bakula during a tasting of the proposed menu and alternatives for the SAG Awards by Lucques Catering, Sept. 29. 2009, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles, File)

Shelley Fabares, ‘Johnny Angel’ singer and actor in ‘The Donna Reed Show’ and ‘Coach,’ dies at 82

By Lindsey Bahr

August 24, 2026 at 8:54 p.m.

Shelley Fabares, an actor who was a fixture on television for decades from her days...

FILE – Former Sen. Nancy Kassebaum Baker, R-Kansas, looks to the stage during, “A Century of Service,” honoring former Senate Majority Leaders Bob Dole and Howard Baker, her husband, at Mellon Auditorium, March 21, 2012, in Washington. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Nancy Kassebaum Baker, former US senator from Kansas, dies at 94

By John Hanna

August 23, 2026 at 1:30 p.m.

Nancy Kassebaum Baker died Friday of natural causes, according to her son, Bill Kassebaum.

The Rev. Maurice Kissane (Archdiocese of Chicago)

Rev. Maurice J. Kissane, former Oak Lawn, La Grange and Riverdale pastor, dies at 88

By Evy Lewis

August 21, 2026 at 2:52 p.m.

The Rev. Maurice J. Kissane, an Oak Park native and pastor emeritus of Queen of...

FILE — Nancy Kissinger, the wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, arrives to Manhattan Criminal Court in New York on May 6, 2009. Kissinger, the wife of former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, who shared his whirlwind life of international diplomacy — and then of tarnished celebrity, as a controversial elder statesman — for half a century, died on Thursday, Aug. 20, 2026, at her home in South Kent, Conn. She was 92. (John Marshall Mantel/The New York Times)

Nancy Kissinger, wife of former secretary of state, dies at 92

By Robert D. Mcfadden

August 20, 2026 at 7:04 p.m.

Nancy Kissinger, the wife of former Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger, who shared his...

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