Sid Luckman - Later Years

Later Years

After retiring from the NFL, Luckman went to work for Cel-U-Craft, a Chicago-based manufacturer of cellophane products, eventually becoming its president. The company was a part of the Rapid American Corporation of which he also obtained shares. In 1969, RAC was the subject of an IRS investigation over the payment of these shares and dividends, a case that Luckman and his wife appealed.

Luckman's wife Estelle Morgolin died of cancer in 1981, and he underwent a triple heart bypass operation the following year. Luckman eventually retired to Aventura, Florida where he died on July 5, 1998 at the age of 81. He is survived by a son, Bob, and two daughters, Gale and Ellen.