Jeffrey Tobolski, whose roughly decade in power as both mayor of McCook and as a member of the Cook County Board ended amid a massive federal corruption case, died Sunday, two months before he was scheduled to report to prison.

Tobolski’s lawyer, James Vanzant, said his client died Sunday morning after a short illness. He did not have any additional details, he said.

Tobolski was scheduled to report to prison after being sentenced earlier this year to four years . Tobolski was hospitalized twice in October with heart and lung issues and pneumonia, with doctors later noting a suspicious spot on his pancreas, a court filing last week stated. He previously had been scheduled to report to prison on Nov. 3, but the judge in his case recently extended that to Jan. 16, records show.

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