Category: In memoriam

Melanie Kapoor passed away on Monday night due to complications from a sudden illness. She was 49 years old. The tragedy leaves Chicago’s advertising, film, and hospitality i...

TV pioneer turned millions of family rooms into theaters of untamed nature every Sunday night for decades Legendary Chicago filmmaker Donald Meier died peacefully of...

Windy City film legend founded Facets Chicago, “a temple of great cinema” Chicago film legend Milos Stehlik passed at his home in Lincoln Park on Saturday, July...

The woman who President Reagan called "The Spirit of America" opened the nation's very first African-American owned ad agency Barbara Gardner Proctor's story is what...

"Father of Direct Marketing" Created a Trillion-Dollar Industry Advertising has lost a trailblazer. Lester Wunderman, chairman emeritus and founder of Wunderman, the ...

Sando Miller, Tony D’Orio, and Tony Fitzpatrick pay tribute to their friend, the legendary Chicago artist Marc Hauser created memories that will last forever. ...

The award-winning director and editor was a longtime member of the film, advertising and post-production communities As the Chicago film and advertising communiti...

They continue to strengthen Chicago's incomparable work ethic with memories of good-old- fashioned decency There were a lot of goodbyes in 2018. From the Queen of...

"He took on important stories that no one else was telling." Kartemquin co-founder Gordon Quinn (Chicago — 11 December 2018) In a website and social media post th...

The country's 41st President passed away Friday night, just seven months after wife Barbara Bush. CAVU. According to CNN reporter Jamie Gangel, this was the co...

Award winning independent filmmaker whose short films and documentaries played at festivals around the world Todd Anthony Lillethun, Assistant Director of External ...

Then I discovered my first "Spider-man" comic. Here was someone I could relate to. Stan Lee will always be remembered for creating iconic Marvel superheroes Spide...

"I started to realize, ‘oh, he’s putting together these clips to tell a story.’ That’s really what he loved about (editing)." David Carr, on his father, Bob ...

Longtime journalist spent nearly three decades at NBC 5 before retiring in 2009 The Chicago broadcasting community has lost an icon. Award-winning journalist, WM...

Producer of movie musicals “Chicago” and “Hairspray” and co-producer of NBC’s  “The Sound of Music Live!” dies of complications following surgery Craig ...