Elizabeth Brackett, veteran Chicago journalist, dies at age 76. See story here. http://abc7chicago.com/society/elizabeth-brackett-veteran-chicago-journalist-dies-at-age-76/3614283/
Elizabeth Brackett, a longtime Chicago journalist and broadcaster, died days after she sustained a serious injury and was in a coma due to a bike accident along Chicago's lakefront, WTTW said on Sunday.Brackett, an award-winning journalist and occasional contributor to WTTW's "Chicago Tonight," was 76.Her funeral will be held 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kenilworth Union Church, 211 Kenilworth Ave. in Kenilworth, Ill.WTTW reported that Brackett was injured Wednesday as she biked near 39th Street along the Lakefront Trail. She was found unconscious and taken to Stroger Hospital with two fractured vertebrae in her neck.