Veteran photographer dies after long illness

& by Erick Johnson, The Chicago Crusader & Darrell “Worsom” Robinson, a veteran photographer who mentored and trained a new generation of photographers while capturing politicians, celebrities, families and iconic events in Chicago for the& Chicago Crusader, the& Chicago Defender& and the& Chicago Sun-Times& and other news outlets, died on Monday, November 27 at Northwestern Hospital after a long illness. Schenita “Nita” Thomas, Robinson’s fiancée, confirmed his death. Thomas said Worsom made his own funeral arrangements in the final months of his life. His funeral will be held December 9 at New Mt. Pilgrim Missionary Baptist Church on the West Side. Thomas will provide the time of the service later. Thomas said she will remember the “happy times” she shared with Worsom. “When I think of him, I get sad. But I always laugh and smile when I remember him telling jokes or saying something inappropriate. But that was just him.” Robinson had experienced health complications since 2019 after undergoing heart surgery. After the procedure, Robinson couldn’t walk and was unable to return to his active life. He was in and out of Northwestern Hospital and other medical facilities, as he struggled to move on with his life. In 2021,...