Architect Helmut Jahn dies in bicycle crash aged 81
Breaking news: architect Helmut Jahn, who designed the postmodern James R Thompson Center, has been killed while riding his bicycle near his home in a Chicago suburb.
The German-American architect was struck and killed by two vehicles while riding his bicycle in Campton Hills, around 70 kilometres west of central Chicago, on Saturday afternoon.
Local police confirmed that the 81-year-old architect died at the scene.
Helmut Jahn design Chicago's James R Thompson Center.
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