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Steve McMichael's Hall of Fame enshrinement comes with mixed feelings amid illness

Chicago Sun-Times

CANTON, Ohio — This was never how Steve McMichael or his teammates from the 1985 Bears championship team envisioned it, but however imperfect and sad the situation is, there was joy ahead of his Hall of Fame induction.

“It’s amazing,” his wife, Misty McMichael, said Friday. “It’s been an honor and privilege to represent him. That was his dream.”

Even during McMichael’s deterioration due to ALS, there was hope that he might be well enough to attend the ceremony. That idea was nixed a while ago, and instead he will be given his gold jacket at home in Homer Glen on Saturday morning.