Mike Ditka sings the seventh inning stretch during the Cubs-Brewers tiebreaker game at Wrigley Field on Oct. 1, 2018. (Brian Cassella / Chicago Tribune)
Photos of the Hall of Fame Bears coach and former player.
Mike Ditka during a Bears-Falcons game at Soldier Field on Sept. 10, 2017. (Nuccio DiNuzzo / Chicago Tribune)
Mike Ditka arrives at the fifth annual NFL Honors at the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on Feb. 6, 2016, in San Francisco. (Jordan Strauss / Invision / AP)
Mike Ditka and actor Vince Vaughn speak onstage during the 5th Annual NFL Honors at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium on February 6, 2016, in San Francisco. (Tim Mosenfelder / Getty Images)
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Former Bears coach Mike Ditka speaks to media at an advanced screening of “The ’85 Bears” documentary about the Super Bowl XX champions on Jan. 27, 2016, at the AMC River East 21 in Chicago. This year marks the 30th anniversary of the Bears’ win. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)
Mike Ditka hops in an elevator as members of the 1985 Chicago Bears arrive at Soldier Field for a reunion to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their Super Bowl victory. The event took place on Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2016. (Chris Sweda / Chicago Tribune)
Mike Ditka watches teams warm up before the Falcons-Eagles game in Atlanta. (Brynn Anderson / AP)
Mike Ditka addresses the IHSA football coaches in August 2015. Ditka and other football coaches speak about getting rid of contact during high school practices. (Zbigniew Bzdak / Chicago Tribune)
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More than any individual in a true cast of characters, head coach Mike Ditka epitomized the Super Bowl Bears. (Charles Cherney / Chicago Tribune)
Mike Ditka’s personality: “There’s only two --Jekyll and Hyde.” (Charles Cherney / Chicago Tribune)
In his autobiography, Mike Ditka describes Jim McMahon as “different” but a “winner.” (Ed Wagner Jr. / Chicago Tribune)
Bears coach Mike Ditka huddling with tight and Emery Moorehead. (Ed Wagner Jr. / Chicago Tribune)
