Jerry Butler, the veteran soul hitmaker who became a local Chicago politician, has passed away. Butler was suffering from Parkinson’s disease, and the Chicago Sun-Times reports that he died at home on Thursday night. Butler was 85. Jerry Butler was born in Sunflower, Mississippi, but he grew up in Chicago’s Cabrini-Green housing projects. As kids, Butler and Curtis Mayfield sang together in church. As teenagers, they formed a gospel group called Northern Jubilee Gospel Singers. That group evolved into a doo-wop group called the Roosters, which Butler on lead vocals and Mayfield on guitar. Before long, the Roosters changed their...