Bears VP Tim McCaskey dies
Jan 30, 9:46 pm EST
CHICAGO (AP)Tim McCaskey, the Chicago Bears vice president and the second-oldest of team matriarch Virginia and Ed McCaskeys 11 children, has died.
The Bears announced his death Sunday night. He had battled cancer over the past 17 months.
In a statement, the McCaskey family says he was as passionate, loyal, critical, analytical, committed and devoted a Bears fan as there ever was.
His age was not immediately available.
Tim McCaskey became the Bears vice president in 1993 after a four-year, part-time affiliation with the club. He spent 18 years working for IMC Fertilizer Inc. and its predecessor and seven with Ernst & Young before joining the Bears.
A Notre Dame graduate, he is survived by his four children, eight grandchildren, 10 siblings and mother.
Updated Jan 30, 9:46