Brian Dennis Duffy, 67
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Brian Dennis Duffy, 67, of Barrington Hills, Illinois, passed away unexpectedly on Dec. 20, 2026, at Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.
He was preceded in death by his parents, T. Dennis and Beatrice McCann Duffy and his sister-in-law, Karen Staib. Brother to M, Tom, Karen, Brendan, Dan, Tara and Neil, and brother-in-law to Joanna Moore and Rick Dunn. Uncle to Dasha, Kristina, Vera and Charlie. Great uncle to Weston Kleinke.
A 1976 graduate of Barrington High School, Brian attended Loyola in Chicago and Rome, graduated from Marquette in Milwaukee in 1981, with postgraduate studies at Roosevelt in Chicago, Northern Illinois in DeKalb and Montana State in Bozeman. Brian was a musician and composer who played piano, saxophone, drums, clarinet, banjo and guitar, and played in the rock band "Deja Who."
Writer, photographer, farmer, pilot, actor, cinematographer, mechanic, poet, philosopher, hiker, sailor, long distance cyclist and backcountry camper, Brian loved people and nature.
He built computers, coded travel reservation systems and taught graduate level computer science in the early days of computing. He created the Chicago Loop Walking Tour, the first audio walking tour of Chicago, sold through Chicagoland bookstores.
He also was a hotelier and pastry chef. Brian had a great love and loyalty for his cousins and friends. He enjoyed every moment of his life, appreciated every person he met, was generous, fun, and humorous even in the most difficult of times. Brian was cherished by his family and will be deeply missed.
Visitation will be held from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 29 at St. Anne Catholic Church in Barrington. Rosary prayer service at 7 p.m. Visitation will resume at St. Anne Catholic Church on Friday, Jan. 30 from 9:30 a.m. until the funeral mass at 10:30 a.m.
To leave condolences for the family visit davenportfamily.com. For information, please contact Davenport Family Funeral Home, Barrington, 847-381-3411.