Mike Downey, who wrote the Chicago Tribune’s “In the Wake of the News” sports column from 2003-08 in a long and storied journalism career, died Wednesday of a heart attack.
Chet “The Jet” Walker, a Hall of Famer and a member of the Chicago Bulls Ring of Honor, has died. He was 84.
Larry Allen, one of the most dominant offensive linemen in the NFL during a 12-year career spent mostly with the Dallas Cowboys, died while on vacation with his family in Mexico.
Albert S. Ruddy, a colorful, Canadian-born producer and writer who won Oscars for “The Godfather” and “Million Dollar Baby,” developed the raucous prison-sports comedy “The Longest Yard” and helped create the hit sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died at age 94.
Bill Walton, who starred for John Wooden’s UCLA Bruins before becoming a Basketball Hall of Famer and one of the biggest stars in basketball broadcasting, died Monday.
Two-time PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray died Saturday morning at age 30, one day after he withdrew from the Charles Schwab Cup Challenge at Colonial.
Documentary filmmaker Morgan Spurlock, an Oscar nominee whose most famous work skewered American food and diets and who notably ate only at McDonald’s for a month to illustrate the dangers of a fast-food diet, has died. He was 53.
Bob Avellini, who quarterbacked the Chicago Bears through some of the greatest seasons of Walter Payton’s career, has died. He was 70.
Bill Tobin, who had a storied 18-year run in personnel with the Chicago Bears and played a major hand in the construction of the Super Bowl XX team, died Thursday. He was 83.
Italian fashion designer Roberto Cavalli, known for a flamboyant and glamorous style, has died at age 83, his company said Friday on Instagram.