Sun-Times file
Dick Kay, a no-nonsense, incisive inquisitor who had one of the longest political reporting careers in Chicago, died early Thursday at 84.
He had been found unresponsive in his favorite recliner at his St. Charles home Monday, according to his familys, and taken to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva, where he died. The cause of death was a brain hemhorrage, his son Eric Snodgrass said.
Mr. Kay had a stentorian voice that sliced through the noise at crime scenes and news conferences like a bass baritone in an opera. It seemed to command answers, even from those who might have preferred to slink away.
Maureen O’Donnell at the Sun-Times…
Dick Kay, a no-nonsense, incisive inquisitor who had one of the longest political reporting careers in Chicago, died early Thursday at 84, according to his son Steven Snodgrass.
Mr. Kay had a stentorian voice that sliced through the noise at crime scenes and news conferences like a bass baritone in an opera. It seemed to command answers from politicians and public relations people who might have preferred to slink away from a mic.
Mr. Kay, who lived in St. Charles and had taken ill earlier this week, worked 38 years for WMAQ-Channel 5, covering countless political conventions, indictments, court trials, aldermen, mayors, governors, senators and presidents. He was hired there as a writer in 1968. Within months, he was covering one of the most tumultuous political stories of the century.
Trevor Michael Armstrong 1994 - 2021
Our hearts are shattered; Trevor went to be with the Lord.
Trevor Michael Armstrong loved his Papi and little brother; they enjoyed going to Barkcamp, Big Wheeling Creek, driving around, and many more activities in the short time they got to spend with each other. Trevor was so thrilled to have a mini-me of a little brother; he would brag to all his friends how Gage was his mini twin. They played basketball, went swimming, and got to enjoy working together for a while. Trevor was truly one of a kind!
He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Allen Armstrong Sr.