Obituaries

FILE – Hawaii coach June Jones and quarterback Nick Rolovich laugh during the fourth quarter action at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu on Dec. 8, 2001. (AP Photo/Ronen Zilberman, File)

June Jones, whose run-and-shoot offense dazzled at Hawaii and in the NFL, dies at 73

By Associated Press

October 29, 2026 at 8:56 p.m.

By The Associated Press June Jones, the cutting-edge coach who brought the run-and-shoot offense to...

FILE - In this Jan. 13, 2020 file photo, Patrick Stewart attends the LA Premiere of "Star Trek: Picard," in Los Angeles. The award-winning actor best known as Capt. Jean-Luc Picard of "Star Trek" has a deal with Gallery Books for a "revealing and heartwarming look" into his life and times, the publisher announced Tuesday, June 30. A title and release date will be determined later. (Photo by Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP, File)

Patrick Stewart, stage giant also of ‘Star Trek’ and ‘X-Men’ fame, dies at 86

By Mark Kennedy

October 29, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

Patrick Stewart, the classically trained stage actor who scaled the Shakespearean canon and added gravitas...

Lawrence Wyllie arrives for his arraignment on federal fraud charges at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse in Chicago Sept. 27, 2017. Wyllie led the Lincoln-Way high school district for more than two decades. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Lawrence Wyllie, indicted former Lincoln-Way superintendent, dies

By Gregory Royal Pratt

October 29, 2026 at 7:51 p.m.

Lawrence Wyllie, a former Lincoln-Way High School District 210 who faced federal indictment alleging financial...

FILE – Los Angeles Dodgers former pitcher Tommy John praises his late friend, Dr. Frank Jobe during a memorial service at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, April 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, File)

Former Chicago White Sox All-Star Tommy John, the pioneering elbow surgery namesake, dead at 83

By Beth Harris

August 16, 2026 at 2:27 p.m.

Tommy John is survived by family members including son-in-law Patrick Mannelly, a retired NFL long...

MTV’s ‘The Challenge’ contestant Tyler Duckworth found dead in North Dakota apartment

By Brian Niemietz

August 16, 2026 at 8:42 a.m.

MTV's “The Challenge” contestant Tyler Duckworth was found dead in his North Dakota apartment Tuesday...

Eileen Norris, the wife of Bruce Dold, in an undated photo. (Family photo)

Eileen Norris, longtime journalist and book editor, dies at 73

By Bob Goldsborough

August 14, 2026 at 1:58 p.m.

Longtime Chicago-area journalist, author and editor Eileen C. Norris wrote and edited a number of...

Gilberto Cárdenas, photographed in his Austin, Texas, home in January 2025, was a sociologist and champion of Latino visual art who donated about 2,000 works from his private collection to Chicago's National Museum of Mexican Art. (Xavier Tavera Castro)

Gilberto Cárdenas, Notre Dame academic who helped found the field of Latino studies, dies at 79

By Bob Goldsborough

August 20, 2026 at 7:45 p.m.

For decades, Gilberto Cárdenas worked at the intersection of Latino culture, scholarship and community engagement,...

Robert L. Johnson speaks at Sears Tower on June 17, 1982. At the time, he worked in specialty sales at Sears. (Roy Hall/baiduhai)

Robert L. Johnson, who rose through the ranks at Sears as a groundbreaking Black executive, dies at 91

By Bob Goldsborough

August 14, 2026 at 12:31 p.m.

After his decades at Sears, Johnson and his daughter founded a successful packaging company. He...

FILE – Cooter, actor Ben Jones, sits atop one of the 229 hotrods, named the General Lee, used in the show “Dukes of Hazzard” as ecstatic fan, Aliceson Johnson, of Charlottesville, Va., sits in the drivers seat in front of his store in Sperryville, Va., Tuesday, Aug. 10, 1999. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)

Ben Jones, good ol’ boy ‘Dukes of Hazzard’ actor and 2-term US House member, dies at 84

By Jeffrey Collins

August 10, 2026 at 8:54 p.m.

Ben Jones, who played the good ol’ boy mechanic in “The Dukes of Hazzard” TV...

Jazz singer Geraldine de Haas performs at the 4th annual tribute to Duke Ellington at the Grant Park Band Shell on Aug. 29, 1977. (Arthur Walker/baiduhai)

The ‘first lady of Chicago jazz,’ Geraldine de Haas dies at 91

By Rick Kogan

August 6, 2026 at 12:45 p.m.

Along with being a talented singer in her own right, she was a tireless advocate...

Palos Heights Mayor Dean Koldenhoven spoke about the Al Salam Mosque Foundation and the Muslim Foundation when they announced accepting $200,000 dollars from the village to scrap its plan to buy the Reformed Church of Palos Heights, July 14, 2000. (Ed Wagner/baiduhai)

Dean Koldenhoven, former mayor of Palos Heights awarded JFK medal, dies at 91

By Bob Goldsborough

August 4, 2026 at 12:21 p.m.

In 2000, he fought those who opposed a mosque moving into the southwest suburb, and...

FILE – Vincent Pastore, arrives at the Asbury Park Conventional Hall during red carpet arrivals prior to the New Jersey Hall of Fame inductions, Thursday, Nov. 13, 2014, in Asbury Park, N.J. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez,File)

‘Sopranos’ actor Vincent Pastore, known for playing mobsters and tough guys, dead at 80

By Associated Press

August 2, 2026 at 10:42 a.m.

Vincent Pastore, a veteran actor who played mobsters and tough guys, and was best known...

Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak on Sept. 2, 1999. (John Kringas/baiduhai)

Former Northern Illinois coach Joe Novak, who ‘changed the trajectory of Huskie football,’ dies at 81

By Colleen Kane

July 29, 2026 at 5:02 p.m.

Joe Novak led Northern Illinois to seven winning seasons in 12 years — launching a...

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