Obituaries
Marian "Cindy" Pritzker, Family Matriarch And Aunt Of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, Dies At 101
The couple was married on Aug. 31, 1947, and Mr. Pritzker went on to found the Hyatt Corporation. Mr. Pritzker died in 1999.
Updated on: March 18, 2025
Marian "Cindy" Pritzker, the matriarch of one of Chicago's most powerful and generous families and the aunt of Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, died this past weekend.
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Mrs. Pritzker died Saturday. She was 101.
Mrs. Pritzker was born in 1923 to Judge Hugo and Sadie Friend. Judge Friend famously heard the case of the 1919 Black Sox scandal in which eight members of the Chicago White Sox were accused criminally of throwing the World Series as for a payout, Mrs. Pritzker's obit noted.
