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...
Groundbreaking gay author Edmund White dies at 85
Edmund White, the groundbreaking man of letters who documented and imagined the gay revolution through...
Jim Marshall, the ‘all-time iron man’ and Minnesota Vikings Purple People Eater, dies at 87
Jim Marshall was one of the four members of the Purple People Eaters front that...
Column: Len Scaduto, a basketball lifer, will always be remembered for Oak Lawn’s 1970-71 team. ‘Made his mark.’
Len Scaduto, a basketball lifer, was still coaching until he was nearly 90. His 1970-71...
Loretta Swit, Emmy-winner who played Maj. Houlihan on pioneering series ‘M.A.S.H.,’ has died at 87
Loretta Swit, who won two Emmy Awards playing Major Margaret Houlihan, the demanding head nurse...
Richard Rung, D-Day veteran who taught at Wheaton College, dies at 100
Richard Rung, who landed on Omaha Beach on D-Day and later taught at Wheaton College,...
Rick Derringer, who had a hit with ‘Hang On Sloopy’ and produced ‘Weird Al,’ dies at 77
Guitarist and singer Rick Derringer, who shot to fame at 17 when his band The...
Morrie Much, real estate attorney who was active in Jewish causes, dies
Morrie Much, a real estate attorney who co-founded the firm of Much Shelist, has died.
‘Duck Dynasty’ patriarch and conservative cultural icon Phil Robertson dies
Phil Robertson, who turned his small duck calling interest in the sportsman’s paradise of northern...
Former US Rep. Charles Rangel of New York has died at age 94
Former Democratic U.S. Rep. Charles Rangel of New York, an outspoken, gravel-voiced Harlem Democrat who...
Tyrone Haymore, who founded Robbins Historical Society, ‘absolutely loved’ the village
Tyrone Haymore, a longtime resident of Robbins with decades of elected service, founded the Robbins...