News Obituaries | Marianne Matthews, English teacher and theater director at Carl Sandburg High School, dies at 80 By Bob Goldsborough September 19, 2024 at 2:26 p.m. Marianne Matthews, who taught English and directed student plays at Carl Sandburg High School in...
News Obituaries | Tyrone Fahner, former state attorney general and head of Tylenol task force, dies at 81 By Rick Pearson September 17, 2024 at 6:20 p.m. A Republican who once headed the Chicago law firm Mayer Brown, Ty Fahner was a...
News Obituaries | Tito Jackson, member of beloved pop group the Jackson 5, dies at 70 By Brian P.D. Hannon September 16, 2024 at 10:35 a.m. Tito Jackson, one of the brothers who made up the beloved pop group the Jackson...
National News | Gulf Coast residents still reeling from Hurricane Ida clean up mess left by Francine By Sara Cline September 13, 2024 at 8:25 a.m. Shortly after Hurricane Francine’s storm surge flooded a cemetery in the Louisiana bayou town of...
News Obituaries | Frankie Beverly, soul singer and co-founder of Maze, dies at 77 By Tribune News Service September 11, 2024 at 11:06 a.m. Soul singer Frankie Beverly, the lead vocalist and co-founder of the soul-funk band Maze, has...
News Obituaries | James Earl Jones, acclaimed actor and voice of Darth Vader, dies at 93 By Mark Kennedy September 9, 2024 at 5:42 p.m. James Earl Jones, who overcame racial prejudice and a severe stutter to become a celebrated...
News Obituaries | Sergio Mendes, Grammy-winning Brazilian music legend, dies at 83 By Associated Press September 8, 2024 at 9:36 a.m. Sergio Mendes, the celebrated Brazilian musician whose 1966 hit “Mas Que Nada” made him a...
News Obituaries | Joseph ‘The Builder’ Andriacchi, developer and reputed high-ranking Outfit member, dies at 91 By Bob Goldsborough September 6, 2024 at 4:41 p.m. Joseph Andriacchi, who was both a developer and a ranking member of the Chicago Outfit,...
News Obituaries | Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper known for trap jams like ‘Type of Way,’ dies at 33 By Jonathan Landrum September 5, 2024 at 6:08 p.m. Rich Homie Quan, the Atlanta rapper who gained mainstream notoriety through the trap singles “Type...
News Obituaries | Dennis McClendon, whose design work includes color-coded CTA train map, dies at 67 By Bob Goldsborough September 5, 2024 at 2:25 p.m. Dennis McClendon was a mapmaker with an encyclopedic knowledge of Chicago whose perhaps most well...