Rachel Gansner, founder of North Side all-girls baseball league and Chicago educator, dies at 45
An Edgewater resident and yoga instructor who "loved and lived baseball" wanted girls in her...
News Obituaries
Dave McGinnis, the former Chicago Bears assistant wrongly announced as head coach in 1999, dies at 74
Dave McGinnis, who nearly became Chicago Bears head coach in 1999, died at age 74....
Sid Krofft, ‘H.R. Pufnstuf’ creator and children’s TV visionary, dies at 96
Sid Krofft, the Canadian-born entertainment wizard who teamed with his brother and fellow puppeteer Marty...
Hip-hop pioneer Afrika Bambaataa dies at age 68
Afrika Bambaataa, a man widely considered one of the main pioneers of hip-hop, died in...
Tracey Alston, pioneering Black media executive who helped define culturally competent marketing, dies at 64
Alston co-founded a national faith-based health initiative that has resulted in hundreds of thousands of...
Legendary mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, dies at 97
The celebrated mountaineer Jim Whittaker, the first American to summit Mount Everest, has died. He...
Thornton Township Trustee Christopher Gonzalez, who raised concerns about former Supervisor Tiffany Henyard, dies
Chirtopher Gonzalez was first elected Thornton Township trustee in 2021, and served under Frank Zuccarelli...
Davey Lopes, a Los Angeles Dodgers infield fixture and record-setting base stealer, dies at 80
Davey Lopes joined the 1984 National League East-champion Chicago Cubs in August of that year.
Irwin Weil, ‘legendary’ professor of Russian literature at Northwestern University, dies at 97
Weil co-taught a course on Russian choral music and chaired Northwestern's Russian language department from...
Faith Julian, whose family helped integrate Oak Park, remembered as ‘kind and generous’
Faith Julian, whose family was among the first to integrate Oak Park in the 1950s,...