Joe Sedelmaier, who created memorable ‘Where’s the beef?’ and FedEx ads, dies at 92
As the director of award-winning TV commercials, Sedelmaier chose to stay and create in Chicago, rather than decamp for the coasts.
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Philip Caputo, Pulitzer Prize-winning Tribune investigative reporter and bestselling author, dies at 84
The onetime foreign correspondent's 1977 memoir, “A Rumor of War,” laid bare his searing experiences as a Marine Corps lieutenant in Vietnam.
Pete Kastanes, historian whose ‘Vanished Chicagoland’ site chronicled lost businesses, dies at 62
The Oak Lawn resident also created and hosted a podcast and was honored with a Citizen Historian Award by the Chicago History Museum.
Former Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan finds buyer for Lincoln Park home
Former Chicago Bulls head coach Billy Donovan and his wife have found a buyer for their Lincoln Park home, just two weeks after they placed it for sale.
Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Dallas Keuchel sells Southport Corridor home for $2.2M
Former Chicago White Sox pitcher Dallas Keuchel sold his four-bedroom, 3,600-square-foot contemporary-style house in the North Side Lakeview neighborhood’s Southport Corridor area for $2.205 million.
Nicole Hollander, cartoonist who created and syndicated the feminist comic strip ‘Sylvia,’ dies at 86
For 33 years, the flamboyant main character Sylvia sported a feather boa and bedrooms slippers while wise-cracking on numerous subjects.
WGN-Ch. 9 anchor Paul Konrad sells Near West Side condo for $1.9M
Konrad and his wife first listed the unit in 2020.
Dean Buntrock, Waste Management company co-founder who oversaw rapid growth, dies at 94
The longtime Hinsdale resident's company was first based in Chicago and then in Oak Brook. He also was a major donor to St. Olaf College.
Diane O’Keefe-Dunne, Beverly mother of 15, carved out careers in religion education, real estate
A mother of 15 and a grandmother of 45, Diane O’Keefe-Dunne served as a mother to all the children in her Beverly community.
Trading card magnate Matt Bayer sells Mag Mile condo for $5.11M
Bayer and his wife bought the 46th-floor duplex condo they sold Thursday in stages between 2010 and 2014. They first listed the unit in September.