Obituaries

FILE – RJ Mitte poses for a portrait to promote the film, “Time Share”, at the Music Lodge during the Sundance Film Festival on Jan. 20, 2018, in Park City, Utah. (Photo by Taylor Jewell/Invision/AP, File)

RJ Mitte, ‘Breaking Bad’ actor and disability rights champion, dies at 34

By Associated Press

October 12, 2026 at 5:50 p.m.

“Breaking Bad” actor and disability rights advocate RJ Mitte died Monday at age 34, authorities...

Former Bears coach Mike Ditka, who also was a player on the 1963 Bears NFL championship team, on Aug. 29, 2013, at Mike Ditka's Restaurant in Chicago. (Michael Tercha/baiduhai)

Mike Ditka, Chicago Bears Hall of Famer and Super Bowl-winning coach, dies at 86

By Don Pierson

October 9, 2026 at 3:53 p.m.

Nobody embodied Bears football more than Mike Ditka, who became the face of the franchise...

A young Mike Ditka, circa 1960s. (Laughead Photographers)

Mike Ditka through the years: From humble beginnings in Pennsylvania to legendary football career in Chicago

By Kori Rumore

October 9, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

Here's a look back at Mike Ditka's extraordinary life, from his humble beginnings in Pennsylvania...

Chicago Heights Mayor Angelo "Sam" Ciambrone in his office April 14, 1999, after early results showed him winning reelection by just one vote. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Former Chicago Heights Mayor Angelo ‘Sam’ Ciambrone dies at 95, was mayor 1995-2003

By Mike Nolan

January 17, 2025 at 5:28 p.m.

Visitation will be held Jan. 26 for "Sam" Ciambrone, mayor of Chicago Heights from 1995...

FILE – Actress Joan Plowright poses for a portrait at a New York hotel on May 4, 1999. (AP Photo/Suzanne Plunkett, File)

Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95

By Mark Kennedy

January 17, 2025 at 6:20 a.m.

Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, who with her late husband Laurence Olivier did much to...

FILE – David Lynch appears at the Governors Awards in Los Angeles on Oct. 27, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

David Lynch, visionary filmmaker behind ‘Twin Peaks’ and ‘Mulholland Drive,’ dies at 78

By Associated Press

January 16, 2025 at 2:33 p.m.

David Lynch, the filmmaker celebrated for his uniquely dark and dreamlike vision in such movies as...

Broadcaster Bob Uecker did the pre-game show from the pressbox at Coors Field Friday night. The Colorado Rockies hosted the Milwaukee Brewers Friday night July 15, 2011 at Coors Field. Karl Gehring/ The Denver Post

‘Mr. Baseball’ Bob Uecker, the voice of the Milwaukee Brewers, dies at 90

By Steve Megargee

January 16, 2025 at 3:53 p.m.

Bob Uecker, the voice of his hometown Milwaukee Brewers who after a short playing career...

Museum of Science and Industry board member David Grainger looks from the back of the Pioneer Zephyr, which was being refurbished at the Northern Rail Factory in Milwaukee, on March 26, 1997. (José Moré/baiduhai)

David Grainger, who expanded industrial distribution firm started by his father, dies at 97

By Bob Goldsborough

January 15, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

David W. Grainger, longtime chairman and CEO of the industrial distributor company started by his...

Adam A. Jahns, chairman of Cragin Federal Bank, talks at the bank's main office at 5200 W. Fullerton Ave. in Chicago on Dec. 31, 1985. (Don Casper/baiduhai)

Adam Jahns, who oversaw expansion of Cragin Federal Bank, dies at 96

By Bob Goldsborough

January 14, 2025 at 10:56 a.m.

Adam Jahns, longtime CEO of Chicago’s Cragin Federal Savings and Loan, has died.

The Rev. James E. Flynn (Chicago Archdiocese)

Retired priest the Rev. James Flynn dies; visitation scheduled in New Lenox

By Olivia Stevens

January 13, 2025 at 2:34 p.m.

The Rev. James Flynn served at Ascension-St. Susanna Parish in Harvey and St. Gerard Majella...

FILE – Sam Moore arrives at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for the 18th annual Mark Twain Prize for American Humor in Washington, Oct. 18, 2015. (Photo by Owen Sweeney/Invision/AP, File)

Sam Moore, who sang ‘Soul Man’ in Sam & Dave duo, dies at 89 because of surgery complications

By Associated Press

January 12, 2025 at 8:55 a.m.

Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave...

José "Cha Cha" Jiménez, center, the leader of the Young Lords organization, gets an enthusiastic reception as he turns himself in to the Chicago police at the Town Hall district on Dec. 6, 1972. (Ovie Carter/baiduhai)

José ‘Cha-Cha’ Jiménez, founder of political group formed from Lincoln Park Puerto Rican gang, dies at 76

By Peter Breen

January 11, 2025 at 4:30 p.m.

The city activist was born on Aug. 8, 1948, the same month as Fred Hampton,...

FILE – Retired Colorado head football coach Bill McCartney watches in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game, March 9, 2019, in Boulder, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, dies at 84

By Pat Graham

January 11, 2025 at 8:08 a.m.

Bill McCartney, who coached Colorado to its only football national championship in 1990, died Friday....

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