The Funeral of Harold Washington “The media estimated that somewhere between 200,000 and 500,000 mourners passed by Washington’s open casket in the days leading up to Washington’s funeral.

Thirty-five years ago, on the eve of Thanksgiving 1987, Chicago Mayor Harold Washington died unexpectedly after suffering a heart attack just months into his second term. The story of that “cool ...

Washington’s wisdom: It’s a difficult farewell to a man and a city By: Basil Talbott Jr. November 29, 1987 Goodbye, Harold Washington. Goodbye, Chicago. These sad farewells are intertwined for me.

CBS 2's Jim Williams takes a look at where Washington took us, and how his legacy lives on today. In so many ways, Chicago still is Harold Washington's town.