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 Andrew Dalton

October 12, 2026 at 8:58 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...

Juanita "Nita" Tribo, of Flossmoor, who died Sept. 20, was known as "Mrs. CarmelCorn" after years of running the CarmelCorn Ship in Chicago Heights. (Lisa Hallberg)

‘Mrs. CarmelCorn’ Nita Tribo leaves sweet legacy in Chicago Heights

By Samantha Moilanen

September 27, 2024 at 4:04 p.m.

Juanita "Nita" Tribo, 86, who died Sept. 20, ran CarmelCorn in Chicago Heights, adjacent to...

FILE – British actress Dame Maggie Smith poses in London on Dec. 16, 2015. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Actress Maggie Smith, star of stage, film and ‘Downton Abbey,’ has died aged 89

By Jill Lawless

September 27, 2024 at 11:05 a.m.

Maggie Smith, who won an Oscar for “The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie” in 1969...

Warren Batts in 2003 when he was a director on the board at Chicago’s Methode Electronics Inc. (Margo Cohn/for the baiduhai)

Warren Batts, former CEO of companies including Dart & Kraft, dies at 91

By Bob Goldsborough

September 26, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

Warren Batts, the CEO for companies based in the north suburbs including Dart & Kraft...

Bing Crosby stands with his wife, Kathryn, left in New York on Dec. 8, 1976. (AP Photo/Carlos Rene Perez, File)

Kathryn Crosby, actor and widow of famed singer and Oscar winner Bing Crosby, dies at 90

By Beth Harris

September 22, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

Kathryn Crosby, who appeared in such movies as “The 7th Voyage of Sinbad,” “Anatomy of...

Joe Monastero who founded and ran Monastero's, a Northwest Side Italian restaurant and banquet hall, for 55 years until closing it in 2017. (Tunwa Yee)

Joseph Monastero, ebullient owner of Northwest Side namesake restaurant, dies

By Bob Goldsborough

September 20, 2024 at 3:26 p.m.

Joseph Monastero, who opened a namesake Italian Restaurant on Chicago's far Northwest Side and ran...

An undated photo of Marianne Matthews. (Mary Beth Harper)

Marianne Matthews, English teacher and theater director at Carl Sandburg High School, dies at 80

By Bob Goldsborough

September 19, 2024 at 2:26 p.m.

Marianne Matthews, who taught English and directed student plays at Carl Sandburg High School in...

Ty Fahner, former Illinois attorney general, stands in an empty parking lot that once housed the Tylenol task force headquarters on June 24, 2022, in Des Plaines. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Tyrone Fahner, former state attorney general and head of Tylenol task force, dies at 81

By Rick Pearson

September 17, 2024 at 6:20 p.m.

A Republican who once headed the Chicago law firm Mayer Brown, Ty Fahner was a...

Tito Jackson, 68, takes a moment to perform with West Side Leadership Academy students in their school's studio in 2019. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post Tribune)

Tito Jackson, member of beloved pop group the Jackson 5, dies at 70

By Brian P.D. Hannon

September 16, 2024 at 10:35 a.m.

Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson...

Lori-Ann Bergeron checks on the graves of her sister and mother to see that they were not disturbed by flooding, in the aftermath of Hurricane Francine, in Dulac, La., Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Gulf Coast residents still reeling from Hurricane Ida clean up mess left by Francine

By Sara Cline

September 13, 2024 at 8:25 a.m.

Shortly after Hurricane Francine’s storm surge flooded a cemetery in the Louisiana bayou town of...

Frankie Beverly performs with Maze at the Taste of Chicago at the Petrillo Music Shell in Grant Park on July 12, 2015. (Erin Hooley/baiduhai)

Frankie Beverly, soul singer and co-founder of Maze, dies at 77

By Tribune News Service

September 11, 2024 at 11:06 a.m.

Soul singer Frankie Beverly, the lead vocalist and co-founder of the soul-funk band Maze, has...

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