Clarissa Dickson Wright
Clarissa Dickson Wright, left, costar of "Two Fat Ladies" died March 15 in Edinburgh, Scotland. She was 66.
View ArticleJames Rebhorn
Veteran character actor James Rebhorn, seen here in the 2003 Chris Rock comedy "Head of State," died on March 21 at age 65.
View ArticleDavid Brockie ('Oderus Urungus')
David Brockie, frontman for the satirical extra-terrestrial metal band Gwar, was found dead at his Richmond home on March 24. He was 50.
View ArticleHarry Richard Black
Harry Richard Black, the Ohio artist who created Mr. Clean, the bald character in a white T-shirt featured in advertisements for Procter & Gamble cleaning products for more than 50 years, died at...
View ArticlePeter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen, novelist, naturalist, and wilderness writer, died on April 5 at age 86. Prior to his death, Matthiessen was treated for acute leukemia for more than a year.
View ArticleJohn Pinette
John Pinette, a stand-up comedian who guest-starred as the victim of a carjacking in the final episode of the TV show "Seinfeld," died at age 50 of natural causes on April 6.
View ArticleMickey Rooney
Mickey Rooney, who became the United States' biggest movie star as a teenager in the 1930s and later a versatile character actor in a career that spanned 10 decades, died on April 6 at age 93.
View ArticlePeaches Geldof
Peaches Geldof, daughter of Band Aid founder and musician Bob Geldof and a media and fashion personality, died at her home in Kent, England on April 7 at age 25. Geldof, who was married for the second...
View ArticleGabriel Garcia Marquez
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez died on April 17 at his home in Mexico City. The author of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" was 87.
View ArticleNearly 80 community groups now calling for ouster of controversial president...
Nearly 80 organizations have joined a chorus of calls that the head of the Chicago police union be fired over allegations he made racist remarks in a series of social media posts.
View Article3 men charged in Chicago carjackings, police say
Three men have been charged in connection with two separate carjackings, including a robbery and theft of a Jaguar one afternoon last week in the South Shore neighborhood, Chicago police said Monday.
View ArticleWorth Township trustee pleads guilty to tax charge stemming from ongoing...
A Worth Township trustee with political links to top Democrats pleaded guilty Monday to a federal tax charge and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.
View ArticleColumn: Against a backdrop of anti-Semitism and discord, Jewish group hosts a...
American Jewish Committee in Chicago is launching a four-part, interfaith series targeting hateful rhetoric. The first session will focus on dignity.
View ArticleLynwood man charged with attempted murder in Orland Park shooting
A Lynwood man has been charged in connection with a Jan. 27 shooting in Orland Park that wounded two Blue Island residents
View ArticleChicago records highest number of January homicides in 4 years
Chicago is off to another violent start to a new year with 51 homicides in January, the most slayings recorded for the month in five years.
View ArticleDustin Diamond, ‘Saved by the Bell’ actor, dies at 44
Dustin Diamond, known for playing Samuel “Screech” Powers in the hit sitcom “Saved by the Bell,” died on Monday morning following a hospitalization in January. He was 44
View ArticleWhat did you spend your stimulus money on? Tell us in a Tribune survey
Negotiations over another round of stimulus checks follow two previous rounds of COVID-19 economic impact payments to most American households. We’d like to hear how you used the — to pay bills, donate...
View Article1 person killed, 1 injured in shooting at shopping mall in northern Wisconsin
Police in a northern Wisconsin town identified late Sunday a person shot and killed at a mall and said they were looking for a teenager in connection to the shooting.
View ArticleLa Grange police charge a man with robbing a 7-11 store Sunday morning
La Grange police have charged a man with robbing a 7-11 convenience store early Sunday, but do not know if he was involved in two prior robberies in January at a different 7-11 in La Grange.
View Article‘The kids, the kids ... I am numb’: 4 little girls and their mother dead in...
Four children under the age of six and one adult have died in a Des Plaines residential fire on Wednesday morning, according to Des Plaines Fire Chief Daniel Anderson.
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