Edward Gardner, founder of Soft Sheen hair care company and South Side civic activist, diesEdward Gardner was almost 40 when he founded Soft Sheen Products, which he built into the nation's largest Black-owned hair care company, March 29, 2023
Helen Schubert, longtime Chicago PR executive, diesHelen Schubert, who owned a public relations firm in Chicago for more than 55 years and also taught PR at Roosevelt University, died at 92. March 28, 2023
Nicholas Lloyd Webber, son of famed composer, dies at 43Nicholas Lloyd Webber, the Grammy-nominated composer, record producer and eldest son of Andrew Lloyd Webber, died in England after a protracted battle with gastric cancer and pneumonia. He was 43. March 27, 2023
Author Bill Zehme, whose subjects included Sinatra, Hugh Hefner, Leno and Andy Kaufman, is dead at 64He once tried to explain how he wrote about the celebrated. “I try to find why a certain person touches the rest of us, the essence of why we care about this person.” March 26, 2023
Richard Cline, who led Jewel, Nicor through periods of change, dies at 88Richard Cline, who led Jewel food stores and Nicor through periods of change, has died at age 88. March 23, 2023
Western Springs Village President Alice F. Gallagher dies unexpectedlyAlice F. Gallagher, Western Springs Village President since 2017, died Tuesday, village officials announced. March 21, 2023
Gloria Dea, 1st magician on Las Vegas Strip, dies at age 100Gloria Dea, touted as the first magician to perform on what would become the Las Vegas Strip in the early 1940s, has died. She was 100. March 20, 2023
Tejano musician Fito Olivares dies in Houston at 75Tejano musician Fito Olivares, known for songs that were wedding and quinceanera mainstays including the hit “Juana La Cubana,” died Friday. He was 75. March 18, 2023
Actor Lance Reddick, star of ‘The Wire,’ dead at 60Actor Lance Reddick was found dead at his home in Studio City, Calif. on Friday morning at the age of 60. March 17, 2023
Former Rep. Pat Schroeder, pioneer for women’s rights, diesFormer U.S. Rep. Pat Schroeder, a pioneer for women’s and family rights in Congress, died Monday night. She was 82. March 14, 2023
Olympic gold medalist Dick Fosbury, who created the ‘Fosbury Flop’ high jump move, dies at 76Dick Fosbury, the lanky leaper who revamped the technical discipline of high jump and won an Olympic gold medal with his “Fosbury Flop,” has died. He was 76. March 13, 2023
Survivor of White Rose group that resisted Nazis dies at 103Traute Lafrenz, the last known survivor of a German group known as the White Rose that actively resisted the Nazis, has died. She was 103. March 13, 2023
Josephine Strauss, who helped start Art Institute volunteer program, dies at 101Josephine Newberger Strauss, who helped launch the Art Institute of Chicago’s volunteer program in the 1960s, has died. March 10, 2023
Robert Blake, actor acquitted in wife’s killing, dies at 89Robert Blake died Thursday at age 89. March 09, 2023
Chaim Topol, actor known for Tevye in ‘Fiddler on the Roof,’ diesChaim Topol, a leading Israeli actor who charmed generations of theatergoers and movie-watchers with his portrayal of Tevye in “Fiddler on the Roof,” has died in Tel Aviv. He was 87. March 09, 2023
Joseph Zucchero, owner of Mr. Beef in River North, inspiration for restaurant in ‘The Bear,’ diesJoseph Zucchero who opened Mr. Beef, known for its Italian beef sandwiches and most recently the model for the TV show “The Bear," in the River North neighborhood in 1979, has died. March 08, 2023
Ted Powers, who taught journalists at Moraine Valley, diesTed Powers was a student at Moraine Valley Community College and covered sports and news for The Glacier newspaper, returning as director of advertising and later as The Glacier publication adviser until his 2019 retirement. March 06, 2023
Lynyrd Skynyrd founding member Gary Rossington dead at 71Gary Rossington, Lynyrd Skynyrd’s last surviving original member who also helped to found the group, died Sunday at the age of 71. No cause of death was given. March 06, 2023
Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor, dies at 61Tom Sizemore, the “Saving Private Ryan” actor whose bright 1990s star burned out under the weight of his own domestic violence and drug convictions, died Friday at age 61. March 05, 2023