The gold jacket didn’t arrive at Canton—it came to their living room. In August 2024, as Steve “Mongo” McMichael’s body continued to battle ALS, the Pro Football Hall of Fame made a rare exception. Knowing he might never walk its hallowed halls, they brought the honor to him. In a private ceremony held in the family’s Illinois home, wife Misty McMichael gently helped place the iconic gold jacket on her husband’s shoulders. Their daughter, Macy, stood nearby as the bronze bust was unveiled. No crowds. No speeches. Just a quiet, sacred moment—etched forever in the heart of a family who had given everything to football, and was now giving everything to each other. Misty wasn’t just a part of that moment. She was the reason it happened.
Former Bears defensive tackle Stephen Douglas McMichael has passed away at 67. A Super Bowl XX champion and two-time Pro Bowler, McMichael had been battling amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) since January 2021. McMichael wasn’t just a football legend; he was a larger-than-life presence in Chicago sports, later making a name for himself in professional wrestling.
Inducted into the Top 100 Greatest Bears of All-Time, McMichael embodied toughness both on and off the field. “With deep sorrow, I share that Steve McMichael passed at 5:28 PM after a brave fight with #ALS, surrounded by loved ones. I’m grateful to have been with him in his final moments. Please keep Steve and his family in your prayers,” his family shared.
Who Is Steve McMichael’s Wife?
The Chicago Bears legend, known to fans as ‘Mongo,’ married Misty back in 2001, and she’s been holding it down ever since. When Steve was diagnosed with ALS in January 2021, news he shared a few months later, it was Misty who stepped into the toughest role of her life: full-time caregiver. Their daughter, Macy Dale McMichael, came into their world in 2008. She’s 17 now, still living in Illinois with her mom, and carrying her dad’s legacy in ways that go beyond football.
Before Misty, the former NFLer was married to Debra Marshall from 1985 to 1998.
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