Illness & Death
On February 27, 1998, Brickhouse himself fell ill and collapsed while preparing for the funeral of fellow Cubs' legendary broadcaster Harry Caray. Following brain surgery on March 3 to remove a tumor, he quickly improved, even making a few on-air appearances in the spring and early summer. Though burdened with a gravelly voice (which he attributed to the surgery and said would soon pass), Jack seemed on the road to recovery until his death on August 6 from cardiac arrest. He was interred at the Rosehill Cemetery and Mausoleum in Chicago.
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