08/09/2026
Uncle Don McClure is no longer with us. My father, Ellis McClure, called yesterday to let me know that Uncle Don passed. He was a Chicago native author, 77, who died in a house fire on White Oak Avenue in Hammond, Indiana amid a cancer battle.
My sister Donna was named after him. What I remember most about Uncle Don was how he laughed hysterically at the cartoons I was watching when I was a little girl. He was an outstanding man with a great personality and would take control of a room when he entered.
I lost contact with that side of the family but remembered what was instilled in me when I was a little girl.
He will be greatly missed.
A 77-year-old accomplished author from Chicago was found dead early Saturday after a house fire in northwest Indiana. His family told ABC7 he lost his longtime partner just a few months ago and was recently diagnosed with cancer.