Chicago native author Don S. McClure, 77, was killed in a house fire on White Oak Avenue in Hammond, Indiana amid a cancer battle, his family said. Chicago native author Don S. McClure, 77, was killed in a house fire on White Oak Avenue in Hammond, Indiana amid a cancer battle, his family said. Chicago native author Don S. McClure, 77, was killed in a house fire on White Oak Avenue in Hammond, Indiana amid a cancer battle, his family said. Chicago native author Don S. McClure, 77, was killed in a house fire on White Oak Avenue in Hammond, Indiana amid a cancer battle, his family said. (WLS) -- A 77-year-old accomplished author from Chicago was found dead early Saturday after a house fire in northwest Indiana, according to neighbors and family members.