The younger of two children, Roger Henry Brough Whittaker was born in Nairobi on March 22, 1936. His father, a grocer, moved to Kenya from Staffordshire, England, after he was injured in a ...

Dean Richards pays tribute to the late singer and songwriter and shares his connection to WGN-TV after his death at the age of 87 on the WGN Morning News on September 19.

Roger Whittaker, an avuncular singer-songwriter whose soothing baritone, virtuosic whistling and gentle interpretations of pop standards earned him an international following for more than four ...