Chicago Sun-Times · May 15, 2025
Memorial service honors Steve McMichael three weeks after death
Steve McMichael speaks to the media during the Chicago Bears convention at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center on Friday, June 7, 2019 in Rosemont, Ill. | Mark Black/For the Sun-TimesMark Black/For the Sun-Times
Former Bears defensive lineman Steve McMichael’s private memorial service was held Thursday afternoon in Oakbrook Terrace, 22 days after he died from complications of ALS at age 67.
McMichael was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in August, the result of a campaign that began when he was diagnosed with 36-month onset ALS in January 2021. By the time he was voted in by the veterans committee, McMichael could no longer stand, eat or talk.
