Daywatch: Dick Butkus remembered as ‘Chicago’s son’
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Good morning, Chicago.
Perhaps no player in the Chicago Bears’ 104-year history better epitomized the team’s tough and determined identity than Dick Butkus.
A product of Chicago’s working-class South Side and the University of Illinois, Butkus became a fierce Pro Football Hall of Fame linebacker before embarking on a modest but enduring entertainment career in Hollywood.
Butkus, 80, died “peacefully in his sleep overnight” at his home in Malibu, California, the Butkus family said Thursday.
In 2019, the Tribune ranked Butkus No. 2 in a list of the 100 greatest Bears.
Paul Sullivan writes: “In Chicago, where everyone likes to think of themselves as tough, Dick Butkus was the real deal. ... He never felt the need to be anyone but himself, and that was good enough for us.”
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