Chicago Bears VP McCaskey dies

CHICAGO – Tim McCaskey, the Chicago Bears’ vice president and the second-oldest of team matriarch Virginia and Ed McCaskey’s 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 said 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 affiliation with the club.

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