Deaths in...
264 Notable deaths
in Chicago
Charles Horace Mayo
American physician.
Born July 19th, 1865 in Rochester.
Died May 26th, 1939 at 73 years old in Chicago (pneumonia).
Norm Van Lier
American basketball player.
Born April 1st, 1947 in East Liverpool.
Died February 26th, 2009 at 61 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Tampa Red
American chicago blues musician (1904-1981).
Born January 8th, 1904 in Smithville.
Died March 19th, 1981 at 77 years old in Chicago.
Walter Sande
American actor.
Born July 9th, 1906 in Denver.
Died February 22nd, 1972 at 65 years old in Chicago (myocardial infarction).
Fazlur Rahman Malik
Pakistani philosopher (1919–1988).
Born September 21st, 1919 in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. [ref]
Died July 26th, 1988 at 68 years old in Chicago.
Eugene Field
American writer (1850-1895).
Born September 3rd, 1850 in St. Louis.
Died November 4th, 1895 at 45 years old in Chicago. [ref]
Raya Dunayevskaya
American philosopher (1910-1987).
Born May 1st, 1910 in Yaryshiv.
Died June 9th, 1987 at 77 years old in Chicago.
Augustine Tolton
American priest.
Born April 1st, 1854 in Ralls County.
Died July 9th, 1897 at 43 years old in Chicago.
Marion Mahony Griffin
American architect and artist (1871–1961).
Born February 14th, 1871 in Chicago.
Died August 10th, 1961 at 90 years old in Chicago.
Margaret Walker
American poet and writer (1915-1998).
Born July 7th, 1915 in Birmingham. [ref]
Died November 30th, 1998 at 83 years old in Chicago (breast cancer). [ref]
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Life is so beautiful that death has fallen in love with it, a jealous, possessive love that grabs at what it can. But life leaps over oblivion lightly, losing only a thing or two of no importance, and gloom is just a passing shadow of a cloud. Yann Martel