Obituaries

Activist Dolores Huerta attends a labor breakfast as part of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition and Citizenship Education Fund's 38th Annual Conference at McCormick Place in Chicago on June 30, 2009. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96

By Susan Montoya Bryan

October 28, 2026 at 11:06 a.m.

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the...

Louise Lincoln was the founder and longtime director of DePaul's Art Museum from 1997-2014. (Family photo)

Louise Lincoln, longtime director of recently shuttered DePaul Art Museum, dies at 79

By Bob Goldsborough

October 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Over her 17-year tenure, Lincoln elevated the art museum's profile and oversaw major acquisitions and...

FILE – Susan Saint James attends the SNL50: The Anniversary Special in New York on Feb. 16, 2025. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Susan Saint James, Emmy-winning actor of ‘McMillan & Wife’ and ‘Kate & Allie,’ dies at 80

By Beth Harris

October 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m.

Susan Saint James, who co-starred with Rock Hudson in the 1970s TV crime series “McMillan...

FILE – Television evangelist Jim Bakker poses in front of the Water Park in Columbia, SC, one of the attractions at his Heritage USA, March 19, 1987. (AP Photo/Lou Krasky, File)

Jim Bakker, who lost his ‘PTL Club’ televangelism empire in sex and money scandals, dies at 86

By Jim Salter

October 6, 2026 at 6:16 a.m.

Jim Bakker, who along with his first wife Tammy Faye built an evangelical empire around...

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert leaves Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago after sentencing on April 27, 2016. (Zbigniew Bzdak/baiduhai)

Dennis Hastert, the disgraced former US House speaker who went to prison, dies at 84

By Rick Pearson

October 6, 2026 at 6:51 a.m.

Former U.S. House Speaker Dennis Hastert, who was sentenced to 15 months in prison in...

Historian Anne Lunde, co-author of “Norwood Park, A View from the Ridge.” (Carmine Fantasia)

Anne Lunde, historian and expert on Norwood Park, dies at 74

By Bob Goldsborough

October 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Northwest Side native worked as a journalist, covering the area for newspaper chains, and...

Chad Lowe (right), Kim Painter, Nixie Lowe, Fiona Lowe and Mabel Lowe attend the Red Carpet Premiere Event for Disney Branded Television's and Marvel's "Moon Girl And Devil Dinosaur" at Walt Disney Studios on February 04, 2023 in Burbank, California.

Chad Lowe’s daughter Fiona dead at 13

By Jessica Schladebeck

September 30, 2026 at 10:29 a.m.

Actor Chad Lowe, the younger brother of fellow actor Rob Lowe, is grieving after the...

Actor Dennis Haskins attends the premiere of Universal Pictures and MRC's "A Million Ways to Die in the West" at the Regency Village Theatre on May 15, 2014, in Westwood, California. (David Livingston/Getty)

Dennis Haskins, who played Mr. Belding on ‘Saved by the Bell,’ dies at 75

By Associated Press

September 29, 2026 at 7:58 a.m.

Dennis Haskins, who played Principal Richard Belding on the teen sitcom “Saved by the Bell”...

Daniel P. Brown was a clinical professor and faculty advisor Northwestern University's Segal Design Institute at the McCormick School of Engineering. (Segal Design Institute)

Oak Lawn native Daniel P. Brown, inventor and Northwestern University educator, dies at 70

By Elena Tittel

September 28, 2026 at 3:23 p.m.

Daniel "Dan" Patrick Brown, a professor at Northwestern University, entrepreneur and inventor, unexpectedly died the...

Professor Isaac Daniel in his Northwestern University office on Feb. 7, 2007, in Evanston. (David Klobucar/baiduhai)

Isaac Daniel, Greek-born Northwestern prof considered ‘father of composite materials,’ dies at 92

By Bob Goldsborough

September 25, 2026 at 12:51 p.m.

Born in Greece, Daniel survived the Holocaust and eventually moved to Chicago before writing a...

In this Dec. 10, 1957, photo, Bob Pettit of the St. Louis Hawks leaps to make a one-handed shot but fails to connect for a score against the Cincinnati Royals at Madison Square Garden in New York. (AP Photo)

Hall of Famer Bob Pettit, the NBA’s 1st MVP and an imposing force for the St. Louis Hawks, dies at 93

By Brett Martel

September 24, 2026 at 5:36 p.m.

Bob Pettit was a two-time NBA MVP and was MVP of the All-Star Game four...

People react after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots as former President Donald Trump appears at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa, on Saturday, July, 13, 2024. The former president was escorted off the stage by Secret Service agents and into his motorcade just minutes into his rally in Butler, Pa., on Saturday, after a series of pops that sounded like gunshots rang out. (Eric Lee/The New York Times)

Man who was shot during Trump assassination attempt at rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, has died

By Gene Johnson

September 24, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

James Copenhaver, one of three campaign rally attendees shot in 2024 during an assassination attempt...

White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper watches as Chris Sale works on the mound in the first inning against the Royals on Sept. 27, 2013, at U.S. Cellular Field. (Chris Sweda/ baiduhai)

Don Cooper, the longtime Chicago White Sox pitching coach who oversaw the 2005 championship staff, dies at 70

By LaMond Pope

September 23, 2026 at 6:52 p.m.

Under Don Cooper's guidance, Chicago White Sox pitchers put together a run for the ages...

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