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Smith oversaw the opening of the organization’s new $550 million, 1.2-million-square-foot facility in Streeterville in 2017, which replaced the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago building on East Superior Street. With the new facility, the organization was renamed the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab. Its leaders described it as a “translational research hospital,” meaning doctors, scientists, innovators, technologists and clinicians work in the same spaces, near patients, translating research into patient care in real time.

In Kelly’s case with singer Aaliyah, who died in a 2001 plane crash, their marriage was annulled by her family and contact between the pair was broken off, though law enforcement was never involved. In a recent interview, the late singer’s uncle, who introduced her to Kelly, suggested that Aaliyah’s mother knew more about the situation than she let on. It all feels so sordid and dramatic when in reality it happens in all sorts of families.

Chicago Sun-Times signs are put up during a news conference July 13, 2017, at Answers Media offices in Chicago. An investor group including the Chicago Federation of Labor acquired the Chicago Sun-Times and other Wrapports properties that year after Tribune Publishing was thwarted in its own bid to buy the newspaper by antitrust concerns. (Erin Hooley / Chicago Tribune)

“I know how this works,” the Swiss native said in June. “I played 15 years and I’ve been a coach a long time, so I know how it works. We don’t have results. I don’t have arguments. I am responsible for this, so there is not much I can say to that. I just say thanks to the fans who always come to the game, who came to Columbus, and who come here supporting the team. But it’s not about me. It’s about the team.”