Michael McCaskey, who led the ChicagoBears for nearly three decades following the death of his grandfather George Halas, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with cancer.
A Yale graduate and the oldest of Ed and team matriarch Virginia McCaskey’s 11 children, Michael joined the family business in 1983 as president and CEO following the death of Halas, a founding father of the NFL and the franchise. He succeeded Ed McCaskey as chairman in 1999 and remained in that role until brother George McCaskey took over in 2011.
Though his death was not brought on by the novel coronavirus, the McCaskeys said they are not able to “gather and grieve together at this time” due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Halas Hall was recently expanded to include four outdoor practice fields and 305,500 square feet of indoor training and office space.
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