John Madigan, a longtime Chicago newsman who worked with CBS-TV and was for many years political director at WBBM-AM radio, died on Monday in Florida of complications from a stroke, said his wife Elizabeth.
Mr. Madigan, 94, was a reporter for the
Chicago American newspaper and also worked for
Newsweek magazine before joining CBS, according to WBBM Newsradio 780 and 105.9 FM.