With profound sadness, Burrell Communications Group announces the sudden and untimely passing of one of the agency's cornerstones. Linda Jefferson, senior vice president of Gr...
Mike Hagerty, longtime character actor, best known as Mr. Teeger the building manager on Friends, passed away suddenly at 67.
Hagerty was born in Chicago and got his start i...
Hollis Resnik, the Chicago based actor known for her theatre roles in Sunset Boulevard and Les Misérables, and a host of critically acclaimed performances, passed away at the ...
Retired Chicago broadcaster and Southern Illinois University alum Bob Ramsey passed away suddenly at age 65 on Tuesday at Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage, California...
Chicago friends, family and co-workers were shocked to hear of the sudden passing of actress Lindsey Pearlman last week when she was found deceased in her car near a popular Lo...
Legendary Chicago Marketing and Advertising “GOAT” and Producer Joel Goldsmith passed away earlier this week at age 84, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson's Disease.
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Teamsters Local 727 asks for your support for the family of Tamiko Talbert-Fleming, wife of Local 727 Pepsi member Alfonzo Fleming, who lost her life on Friday, January 16, 20...
The Chicago production family was stunned and saddened to learn that 44-year-old Producer and Post-Production Supervisor, Katie Hoban passed away suddenly at the beginning of t...
Reel Chicago remembers and celebrates the friends and loved ones of our community who no longer make the journey with us.
They made us laugh. They made us love. They made u...
Chicago native and longtime ESPN Chicago Bears reporter Jeff Dickerson passed away on Tuesday of colon cancer complications at age 44.
Dickerson’s wife, Caitlin, die...
Director/Producer Richard J. Kutok passes at age 79. His talents span over three decades in working with a wide spectrum of companies through TV production and marketing.
Hi...
Nine time Emmy award winner Allison Payne, the former anchor at WGN, passed away earlier this month at age 57, her former employer announced over the weekend.
Payne was wit...
The Chicago film community is sadden by the loss of film pioneer Jeff Marpé, executive producer, director and founder of Line 9 Productions who passed away suddenly on July 14...
Dirk Wales 1931 - 2020
In true dramatic fashion, on November 27th Dirk Wales moved on to his next great adventure. He was 89 years young.
Dirk was born in New York c...
2020 has taken so many legends from us. Reel Chicago is sad to report that iconic newsman Joel Daly, who spent nearly 40 years at ABC affiliate WLS, died today at around 5:30 ...
Gale “Kansas Comet” Sayers, Legendary Chicago Bears running back who’s book the 1971 movie Brian’s Song was based on, died today. He was 77.
His death was announced ...
It is always difficult to hear of a fellow filmmaker passing, especially someone as wonderful and influential as Andrew Beisen. Those who knew him best say that Andrew was tale...
James A. Mahoney, the founder of Film & Tape Works and dear friend of many in the Chicago film community, has died at age 71.
Film and Tape Works at 237 E. Ontario, was...
Dick Johnson, longtime Chicago morning news co-anchor and reporter for NBC owned television station WMAQ-TV in Chicago, has passed away. He was 66 years old...