Michelle Trachtenberg, star of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer,’ ‘Gossip Girl’ and...
NEW YORK — Michelle Trachtenberg, a former child star who appeared in the 1996 “Harriet the Spy” hit movie and went on to co-star in two buzzy millennial-era TV shows — “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” and...
View ArticleActor Gene Hackman, raised in Danville, found dead at home along with his wife
Gene Hackman, the prolific Oscar-winning actor whose studied portraits ranged from reluctant heroes to conniving villains and made him one of the industry’s most respected and honored performers, has...
View ArticleOscar-winner Gene Hackman, wife Betsy Arakawa and their dog were dead for...
SANTA FE, N.M. — Oscar-winner Gene Hackman, his wife and their dog were found dead in different rooms of their Santa Fe home, and they had been dead for some time, according to investigators. Hackman,...
View ArticleMartin Marty, influential theologian whose prodigious output helped shape...
Martin E. Marty was an ordained Lutheran pastor, seminary professor and highly influential voice on religion who through more than 60 books and thousands of lectures, sermons and commencement addresses...
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Dan Casper remembered as devoted, community focused Manhattan weather forecaster
Manhattan weather forecaster Dan Casper’s friends remember him as a beloved weatherman who always put the community’s needs first. Casper, the founder of the Manhattan Weather Channel, died Feb. 21, at...
View ArticleDouglas Peterson remembered as entrepreneur, proponent of arts in Elmhurst
Douglas Peterson was a successful Elmhurst entrepreneur with an actor’s heart, an abiding interest which led him to help found both the Green Man Theatre Group and the Elmhurst Center for the...
View ArticleGrammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone dies in car crash
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Grammy-nominated R&B singer Angie Stone, a member of the all-female hip-hop trio The Sequence and known for the hit song “Wish I Didn’t Miss You,” was killed early Saturday in a...
View ArticleDavid Johansen, singer from the seminal punk band the New York Dolls, dies at 75
NEW YORK — David Johansen, the wiry, gravelly-voiced singer and last surviving member of the glam and protopunk band the New York Dolls who later performed as his campy, pompadoured alter ego, Buster...
View ArticleMargie Korshak, silver-haired publicist and Chicago’s connection to the...
Just a matter of days before her death, Margie Korshak held a small luncheon in a private room at Miru, inside Chicago’s grand St. Regis Hotel. Silver-haired and decked to the nines, she was in her...
View ArticleGene ‘Daddy G’ Barge, music producer, actor and band leader, dies at 98
South Side saxophonist and songwriter Gene Barge inspired the Gary U.S. Bonds hit “Quarter to Three,” released several albums of his own, produced music for Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy and Natalie Cole and...
View ArticleCarl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, dies at 82
Carl Dean, Dolly Parton’s husband of nearly 60 years, died Monday in Nashville, Tennessee. He was 82. According to a statement provided to The Associated Press by Parton’s publicist, Dean will be laid...
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Fred Rosen, who turned Sam’s Wines and Spirits into a destination for...
Fred Rosen ran Sam’s Wines and Spirits, the warehouse-style liquor store founded by his father Sam in the 1940s. The shop put a focus on wine that made it a destination stop for oenophiles from far and...
View ArticleD’Wayne Wiggins, founding member of the R&B group Tony! Toni! Tone!, has died...
LOS ANGELES — D’Wayne Wiggins, a founding member of the Grammy-nominated group Tony! Toni! Tone! behind the classic 1990s jams “Anniversary,” “It Never Rains (In Southern California)” and (Lay Your...
View ArticleA timeline of how actor Gene Hackman and Betsy Arakawa died at their New...
Actor Gene Hackman died of heart disease a full week after his wife died from hantavirus in their New Mexico home, likely unaware that she was dead because he was in the advanced stages of Alzheimer’s...
View ArticleDennis Wolkowicz, theater organist who found magic in silent films, dies at 74
Dennis Wolkowicz was a self-taught pipe organist and silent film aficionado who ran two Northwest Side theaters, the Gateway and the Portage, for many years and was active in efforts to restore the Six...
View ArticleJoseph Wambaugh, who brought street cops to life in his books and movies,...
If you were a child in the ‘50s or ‘60s, growing up with a TV set in your home, you knew some cops and those cops were not at all like real cops. That’s because TV rarely reflected the world as it was,...
View ArticleTuyet Le, leader in Chicago’s Asian American community, dies at 53
Tuyet Le led the advocacy group Asian Americans Advancing Justice Chicago for 19 years, overseeing Chicago’s first mayoral candidate forum for Asian Americans, championing voter education and voter...
View ArticleJohn Feinstein, bestselling author and nationally renowned sports writer,...
WASHINGTON — John Feinstein, one of the country’s foremost sports writers and the author of numerous bestselling books, including the groundbreaking “A Season on the Brink” about college basketball...
View ArticleFormer US Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming, who bridged partisan gaps with his...
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former U.S. Sen. Alan Simpson, a political legend whose quick wit bridged partisan gaps in the years before today’s political acrimony, has died. He was 93. Simpson died early Friday...
View ArticleJoe Bean, Wheaton College soccer coach who won two national titles, dies
Joe Bean built Wheaton College’s men’s soccer program into a national powerhouse during his 37 years as head coach, winning two national titles, finishing as runners-up two other times and notching...
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