Jeannie Morris, a celebrated journalist, bestselling author, globe-trotting adventurer, and award-winning producer and reporter, blazed a trail for women as Chicago’s first female sports broadcaster.
Morris, who turned 85 on December 2, died Monday at her Chicago condominium. For the past year she had been undergoing chemotherapy for appendiceal cancer, according to her family.
“She had an incredible career and did a lot of amazing things both in and out of journalism,” said her son, Tim Morris, a former Chicago TV sports producer. “Beyond her life in TV, she traveled the world, pursued her passions and lived a lot of dreams that she probably never would have expected to.”
