Obituaries

Daniel P. Brown was a clinical professor and faculty advisor Northwestern University's Segal Design Institute at the McCormick School of Engineering. (Segal Design Institute)

Oak Lawn native Daniel P. Brown, inventor and Northwestern University educator, dies at 70

By Elena Tittel

September 25, 2026 at 3:48 p.m.

Daniel "Dan" Patrick Brown, a professor at Northwestern University, entrepreneur and inventor, unexpectedly died the...

Professor Isaac Daniel in his Northwestern University office on Feb. 7, 2007, in Evanston. (David Klobucar/baiduhai)

Isaac Daniel, Greek-born Northwestern prof considered ‘father of composite materials,’ dies at 92

By Bob Goldsborough

September 25, 2026 at 12:51 p.m.

Born in Greece, Daniel survived the Holocaust and eventually moved to Chicago before writing a...

In this Dec. 10, 1957, photo, Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks leaps to make a one-handed shot but fails to connect for a score against the Cincinnati Royals at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo)

Hall of Famer Bob Pettit, the NBA’s 1st MVP and an imposing force for the St. Louis Hawks, dies at 93

By Brett Martel

September 24, 2026 at 5:36 p.m.

Bob Pettit was a two-time NBA MVP and was MVP of the All-Star Game four...

FILE – Angie Stone poses as she walks down the red carpet during the 2009 Soul Train Awards taping at the Georgia World Congress Center, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gregory Smith, File)

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash

By Associated Press

March 1, 2025 at 3:47 p.m.

Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and...

Douglas Peterson, of Elmhurst, a successful entrepreneur who helped found the Green Man Theatre Group and the Elmhurst Center for the Performing Arts, died Feb. 14. (Julie Peterson)

Douglas Peterson remembered as entrepreneur, proponent of arts in Elmhurst

By Graydon Megan

February 28, 2025 at 4:17 p.m.

Douglas Peterson, who died in February, helped found the Green Man Theatre Group and the...

Manhattan Weather Channel founder Dan Casper with his dog, Haley. (Laura Adrieansen)

Dan Casper remembered as devoted, community focused Manhattan weather forecaster

By Samantha Moilanen

February 28, 2025 at 3:13 p.m.

Funeral services will be held Sunday for Dan Casper, founder of the Manhattan Weather Channel,...

Theologian and church historian, the Rev. Martin E. Marty, talks after Sunday morning services at his church, Ascension Lutheran Church in Riverside, circa 1998. (Chuck Berman/baiduhai)

Martin Marty, influential theologian whose prodigious output helped shape 20th century Christian thought, dies at 97

By Bob Goldsborough

February 27, 2025 at 2:26 p.m.

Martin E. Marty, an ordained Lutheran pastor, seminary professor and highly influential voice on religion,...

FILE – Actor Gene Hackman with wife Betsy Arakawa in June 1993. (AP Photo, File)

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for some time, warrant shows

By Brian Melley

February 27, 2025 at 5:57 p.m.

Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and one of their dogs were apparently dead for some...

FILE – In this 1993 file photo, actor Gene Hackman is seen. (AP Photo/File)

Actor Gene Hackman, raised in Danville, found dead at home along with his wife

By Hillel Italie

February 27, 2025 at 10:59 a.m.

Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving...

FILE - Michelle Trachtenberg appears at the Critics' Choice Television Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif., on June 19, 2014 (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP, File)

Michelle Trachtenberg, star of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ ‘Gossip Girl’ and ‘Harriet the Spy,’ dies at at 39

By Mark Kennedy

February 26, 2025 at 3:15 p.m.

Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit...

University of Chicago Professor Allen Sanderson. (University of Chicago)

Allen Sanderson, U. of C. economics professor who was skeptical of public subsidies for sports stadiums, dies at 81

By Bob Goldsborough

February 26, 2025 at 11:40 a.m.

Allen Sanderson, a University of Chicago economics professor who built a national reputation for his...

Singer Roberta Flack poses for a portrait in New York on Oct. 10, 2018. A representative for Roberta Flack has announced that the legendary singer has ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and can no longer sing.

Roberta Flack, Grammy-winning singer with an intimate style, dies at 88

By Hillel Italie

February 24, 2025 at 3:02 p.m.

Roberta Flack, the Grammy-winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style on “Killing...

FILE – President John F. Kennedy slumps down in the back seat of the presidential limousine as it speeds along Elm Street toward the Stemmons Freeway overpass in Dallas, Texas, after being fatally shot, Nov. 22, 1963. First lady Jacqueline Kennedy leans over the president as Secret Service Agent Clint Hill pushes her back to her seat. (AP Photo/James W. “Ike” Altgens)

Clint Hill, Secret Service agent who leaped onto JFK’s car after the president was shot, dies at 93

By Jack Dura

February 24, 2025 at 3:25 p.m.

Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leaped onto the back of President John F....

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