Ruth Ann Steinhagen, the Chicago woman who shot and nearly killed former Chicago Cub Eddie Waitkus in 1949, has died. The Chicago Tribune reports that Steinhagen died on December 29 but that her “death had gone unreported and was only discovered when the Tribune was searching death records for another story.”
In 2006, Chicago Tonight presented a documentary about Waitkus and Steinhagen that was later awarded a Chicago/Midwest Emmy Award. Watch the full documentary: