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...
Nina Kuscsik, a marathon pioneer and 1st official winner of Boston women’s race, dies at 86
Nina Kuscsik campaigned for women’s inclusion in long-distance running and then won the Boston Marathon...
Leonard Lauder, philanthropist who globalized family cosmetic business, dies at age 92
Leonard Lauder, a renowned philanthropist who expanded the family cosmetics business into a worldwide empire,...
Richard Kosmacher, co-owned Joy of Ireland and helped launch car-sharing operation, dies
Richard Koscmacher, who owned an Irish import shop on Michigan Avenue before getting into the...
Robert Brazil, CPS principal who pushed Socratic method of learning, dies
Robert Brazil, who promoted the Socratic method of teaching as a principal of Sullivan High...
Brian Wilson, visionary leader of the Beach Boys, dies at 82
Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader and one of the world’s most...
Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed...
C. William Pollard, former Wheaton College administrator became cleaning company CEO, dies at 86
C. William Pollard began his career as a lawyer and then as a college administrator...
Renee Ferguson, longtime investigative reporter for WMAQ-Ch. 5, dies
Renee Ferguson, the first Black woman to work as an investigative reporter on Chicago television,...
Gary Deeb, former Tribune media critic with razor-sharp wit, dies at 79
Gary Deeb, who brought a razor-sharp wit and high standards to the Tribune as the...
Of Notoriety: Newspaper columnist turned TV commentator Gary Deeb dead at age 79
Before the proliferation of the internet as a change factor for the media landscape, newspapers,...