Sun-Times, Mesirow Financial Boss Jim Tyree Dies
UPDATED 03/17/11 7:13 a.m.
CHICAGO (CBS) - James C. Tyree, the man widely credited with rescuing the parent company of the Chicago Sun-Times, has died at the age of 53.
The Sun-Times Media chairman died Wednesday from complications from stomach cancer.
Tyree also held up a top position with Mesirow Financial. He had been chairman and chief executive officer since 1994 and had been with the company for more than 30 years.
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He had announced in October that he had stomach cancer and would undergo chemotherapy.
Mayor Richard M. Daley called Tyree "a wonderful Chicagoan and a dutiful civic leader who gave liberally of his time to improve the lives of others."
President Barack Obama called him "a quintessential Chicagoan, a South Side kid from humble roots who worked his way to the top but never left the city behind."
In a Wednesday memo to employees, Sun-Times Media CEO Jeremy Halbreich credited Tyree's vision and effort for giving the company a bright future.
Tyree is survived by his wife and three children.
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