Overview

• He died Saturday morning at Rush Medical Center in Chicago with his wife, Michele, and their adult children present.
• Michele Fitzpatrick said a heart attack caused his death after weeks in the hospital as he awaited a double lung transplant.
• He had just released The Sun at the End of the Road and virtually opened the Songbirds and Crucifixions exhibition at Great Lakes Tattoo.
• A Steppenwolf stage adaptation of his new book had been slated for mid-October and was postponed due to his health.
• His legacy includes a 2021 public mural on Steppenwolf’s campus and work held by the Met, MoMA and the Art Institute, with funeral plans not yet announced.