CHICAGO (WICS/WICD) — Illinois and Bears great Dick
Butkus passed away on Thursday. 

The Chicago Bears confirmed the news of the passing.

The team said Butkus died in his sleep overnight at his
home in Malibu, California. 

In August 2001, Butkus underwent quintuple bypass
surgery to remove blockages in his arteries.

On October 5, 1947, President Harry S Truman (1884-1972)
made the first-ever televised presidential address from the
White House, asking Americans to cut back on their use of
grain in order to help starving Europeans.

At the time of Truman’s food-conservation speech, Europe
was still recovering from World War II and suffering from
famine.