Obituaries
Notable Chicagoans and people from around the world who have recently died.
The Cowboys said on the team’s website Monday night that Norman died this week, calling him one of the most influential players in the franchise’s history.
She brought a physicality to her choir directing that was a spectacle unto itself.
Jenks died Friday in Portugal, where he had been undergoing treatment for stomach cancer.
The actor’s manager says Madsen was found unresponsive in his home in Malibu, California, on Thursday and was declared dead from what appeared to be cardiac arrest.
Police said Jota died along with his brother Andre Silva, also a soccer player, in a car accident near the northwestern Spanish city of Zamora.
He was the NL MVP in 1978, won a World Series with the Pirates a year later, then won another championship in 1989 with the Athletics.
Lukas’ horses won 15 Triple Crown races, including four victories in the Kentucky Derby
Hamilton played Donna, fiancee of Redd Foxx’s lead character Fred Sanford. She also acted in the first Black soap opera, “Generations.”
Millones de pasajeros llegaron a reconocer y apreciar a Tampico durante las aproximadamente cuatro décadas que tocó en la estación del tren.
Bobby Sherman was discovered at a Hollywood party in 1964 by Jane Fonda, Natalie Wood and Sal Mineo. He landed at No. 8 on TV Guide’s list of TV’s 25 greatest teen idols.
Millions of commuters came to recognize and appreciate Ms. Tampico over the roughly four decades she played in the subway.
She built Misericordia into a model residence for Chicagoans with developmental challenges.
Ginny Aronson, a top-tier Chicago lawyer who with her husband had a mind-reading act, has died at 77
As a lawyer, she was known for handling huge real estate deals. The mind-reading act also made an impression on clients, as did the gourmet meals she’d make them and the ballroom dance lessons she’d offer.
His titles included Mr. Chicago, Mr. Illinois, Mr. America “Most Muscular” and Mr. America “Best Chest.’'
Before Michael Jordan arrived in Chicago in 1984, Mr. Greenwood was among the Bulls’ core players. After six seasons, the Bulls traded him in 1985 to the Spurs for future Hall of Famer George Gervin.
Wilson’s genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and other summertime anthems.
From early songs as rousing as their titles — “I Want To Take You Higher,” “Stand!” — to the sober aftermath of “Family Affair” and “Runnin’ Away,” Sly and the Family Stone spoke for a generation whether or not it liked what they had to say.
Ms. Ferguson made history when she became the first Black woman to work as an investigative reporter in Chicago TV news. Her reporting led to the exoneration of a man whose forced confession led to a wrongful convicted in a murder case.
While facing a debilitating disease, Ms. Bey remained a rock for others.
Mr. Polikoff was born in Chicago and spent more than 50 years as lead attorney in the Gautreaux v. Chicago Housing Authority court case that was heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. The 1966 suit alleged the agency chose public housing sites and assigned tenants by race.