Mike Royko is seen at his desk at the Chicago Daily News in 1974.
Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko
Tribune columnist Mike Royko, left, on April 8, 1987, sits in the WGN-TV broadcast booth at Wrigley Field along with Cubs analyst Steve Stone, center, and producer Jack Rosenberg.
Mike Royko is seen in his office at the Daily News.
Mike Royko, second from left, is flanked by writers Studs Terkel, left, and Nelson Algren, and Arlene Wimmer, owner of a Chicago bookstore that hosted a book signing for Royko in 1967.
City News editor A.A. Dornfeld, left, and Mike Royko are seen at Dornfeld’s retirement party from the City News Bureau of Chicago in 1970.
Newly signed Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko holds a news conference at Tribune Tower on Jan. 10, 1984.
Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Mike Royko explains his move to the Chicago Tribune from the Chicago Sun-Times at a news conference Jan. 10, 1984, at the Tribune. Royko said he signed a contract with the Tribune because, “Mr. Murdoch doesn’t own this paper.”
Mike Royko sits in his office at the Chicago Daily News.
Chicago Tribune columnist Mike Royko in 1986, when he modeled a suit for a fashion story about the anatomy of a great suit.
Mike Royko’s 1985 Ribfest is smoking as 7,500 people turn out despite the rain on Sept. 22, 1985, in Grant Park.
A ‘Newsmakers’ taping with guests Mike Royko, from left, and Mayor Jane Byrne with Walter Jacobson as host in the CBS newsroom on June 27, 1980.
The Bucktown home where Mike Royko was born, 2020 N. Hoyne Ave., is shown in 1984.
Nationally syndicated columnist Mike Royko of the Chicago Tribune
It was a championship season in 1974 for the Daily News 16-inch softball team, sponsored by the Billy Goat Tavern. Mike Royko is standing second from right in the back row, to the left of Billy Goat owner Sam Sianis.
Mike Royko at bat for the Daily News team. The columnist was an avid 16-inch softball player.
Author Studs Terkel, left, compares neighborhood taverns with columnist Mike Royko in 1991 on WTTW’s “The 90s.”
Tribune columnist Mike Royko
A collection of Mike Royko books is seen on a shelf.
A Rolodex belonging to Mike Royko, with the card and information for the late comedian John Belushi, is seen in the special collections at the Newberry Library in Chicago on Sept. 30, 2021.
Royko’s hat, cigarette butts and other items are on temporary display in 2005 at the Newberry Library. Royko’s widow donated 26 boxes of items for the library’s collection.
Mike Royko is seen with his dog, Sparky, in 1943.
Daily News columnist Mike Royko reads a newspaper at home in Chicago on Nov. 5, 1971.
Chicago Daily News columnist Mike Royko stands on an overpass in downtown Chicago on Nov. 6, 1971.
Chicago Daily News columnist Mike Royko and his wife, Carol, watch a chess game between their sons, Robert, left, 8, and David, 12, at their Chicago home on Nov. 5, 1971. Sam, the family basset hound, looks on.
