Passing: Ron Santo, Chicago Cubs icon (Chicago Tribune)

From the Chicago Tribune:

By Paul Sullivan
Tribune reporter

Legendary Chicago Cubs player and broadcaster Ron Santo died Thursday night in Arizona. He was 70.

Friends of Santo's family said the North Side icon lapsed into a coma on Wednesday before dying Thursday. Santo died of complications from bladder cancer, WGN-AM 720 reported.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/baseball/cubs/chi-ron-santo-chicago-cubs-obit,0,1699814.story

Also see a remembrance by NPR's Scott Simon, a Chicago guy and Cubs fan:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/03/131779247/the-cubs-ron-santo-an-inspiring-figure-has-died

Finally, this column, also from the Chi. Tribune: http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/12/rogers-remembering-santo.html