The couple lived in an Albany Park bungalow where Mr. “Whatever bread was left at the end of the day, they would bring it out to the fishermen,” he said, “and barter it for lobster.” Mr. Young Chuck spent his early years clamming on Gloucester’s beaches, his husband said. D’Agostino said he made sure their work schedules accommodated their aspirations. He invited them to their home each year for a big Thanksgiving dinner.Įvery week, he checked in with employees by asking, “What’s going on in your life?” Some said they were trying to finish college or attend medical or law school. When someone approached him to host an event, “He would say “Yeah, but I can do more,” said Tico Valle, CEO of the Center on Halsted, an LGBT community center.Īt Sidetrack, he embraced employees and patrons whose families rejected them for being gay, said D’Agostino, a former staffer. He helped produce successful fund-raisers at Sidetrack for dozens of organizations, including the AIDS Foundation of Chicago, the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois, the Howard Brown Health Center and the Chicago Gay Men’s Chorus, according to Chicago’s LGBT Hall of Fame, which inducted Mr.
