David Grumman, engineer who focused on energy efficiency and air quality, dies
David Leroy Grumman Sr. founded an engineering firm that focused on energy efficiency and indoor air quality, and organized an engineering society committee that set the first standard for building...
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Longtime Rich Township coach and athletic director George Egofske remembered...
Rich Township coach, educator and longtime high school athletic director George Egofske is being remembered as a trailblazer in high school sports. Egofske died Jan. 15 at age 93, according to his...
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Jeff Torborg, former Chicago White Sox manager and big-league catcher, dies...
Jeff Torborg, the former catcher who caught Sandy Koufax’s perfect game and was the 1990 American League manager of the year with the Chicago White Sox, died Sunday. He was 83. The White Sox said on...
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Joyce Piven, co-founder of the influential Piven Theatre and mother of Jeremy...
Joyce Piven, the co-founder of a highly influential acting studio in Evanston and the mother of the familiar Hollywood figures Jeremy and Shira Piven, died Saturday at the age of 94. Her death was...
View ArticleFormer Planned Parenthood president, women’s rights activist Cecile Richards...
Cecile Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67. Richards died Monday at home in New York “surrounded...
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Garth Hudson, master instrumentalist and last surviving member of The Band,...
NEW YORK — Garth Hudson, the Band’s virtuoso keyboardist and all-around musician who drew from a unique palette of sounds and styles to add a conversational touch to such rock standards as “Up on...
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Longtime Homewood producer, educator Nate Grant remembered as pioneer in film...
Chicago producer, educator Nathaniel “Nate” Grant Jr. was remembered Tuesday as a jazz enthusiast, dedicated family man and trailblazer in the city’s film and television industry for his work in...
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Stuart Rice, U. of C. professor who studied molecular behavior, dies at 92
Stuart Rice was a University of Chicago professor who specialized in physical chemistry, which is the branch of chemistry that uses physics approaches such as quantum mechanics and thermodynamics to...
View ArticleDorothy Collin, Tribune reporter and ‘Inc.’ columnist, dies at 85
Dorothy Collin covered Congress and coauthored the Tribune’s “INC.” gossip column during a long career in which she wrote about a wide range of subjects with insight and wit. “Dorothy had a lot of...
View ArticleOlivia Clarke, who started group aimed at helping cancer patients with humor,...
Olivia Clarke was a Chicago-area journalist and publicist who, after being diagnosed with breast cancer, started a nonprofit called Humor Beats Cancer meant to help lift the spirits of cancer patients,...
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Enzo Tribo leaves 75-year legacy of serving Italian beef in Chicago Heights
Enzo Tribo, the founder of Enzo’s and CarmelCorn, died leaving a lasting legacy in the Chicago Heights community. Known for his Italian beef and caramel corn, Tribo’s business was a staple in the city...
View ArticleJ. Fraser Stoddart, Nobel winner for work in nanotechnology, dies at 82
J. Fraser Stoddart was a professor at Northwestern University for 16 years who shared the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 2016 for advancements in the field of nanotechnology, which involves the...
View ArticleMarianne Faithfull, singer and pop icon, dies at 78
NEW YORK — Marianne Faithfull, the British pop star, muse, libertine and old soul who inspired and helped write some of the Rolling Stones’ greatest songs and endured as a torch singer and survivor of...
View ArticleMary Ellen Christy, headmistress at preschool she started at Gold Coast...
Mary Ellen Christy in 1974 founded the St. Chrystostom’s Day School on the Gold Coast and went on to serve as its headmistress for 45 years, while also writing parenting columns and a children’s book....
View ArticleDick Button, Olympic great and voice of skating, dies at 95
NEW YORK — Dick Button was more than the most accomplished men’s figure skater in history. He was one of his sport’s greatest innovators and promoters. Button, winner of two Olympic gold medals and...
View ArticleFriends say Army captain killed in midair collision was a ‘brilliant and...
WASHINGTON — A U.S. Army captain who died in Wednesday’s midair collision of a Black Hawk helicopter and an American Airlines jet was “brilliant and fearless” and “meticulous in everything she did,”...
View ArticleKellogg Fairbank III, who took over at Chicago Maritime Museum after a...
Kellogg Fairbank III was the descendant of an early Chicago industrialist who after his own business career followed his love of water sports — sailing, rowing and ice boating — to become Chicago...
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John Shumate, who helped Notre Dame end UCLA’s 88-game win streak, dies at 72
John Shumate, who sparked Notre Dame to the 1974 upset of UCLA that snapped the Bruins’ record 88-game winning streak, has died. He was 72. Notre Dame announced that Shumate died Monday. Shumate played...
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Tiger Woods says his mother, Kultida — a ‘force of nature’ — has died at 80
Kultida Woods, the Thai-born mother of Tiger Woods who instilled his dominant spirit and encouraged him to wear a red shirt on Sundays as his power color, died Tuesday. Woods announced the death of his...
View ArticleThe Aga Khan, spiritual leader of the world’s Ismaili Muslims, has died at...
PARIS — The Aga Khan, who became the spiritual leader of the world’s millions of Ismaili Muslims at age 20 as a Harvard undergraduate and poured a material empire built on billions of dollars in tithes...
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