 In 1988 he and Mrs. Roeser were named by Pope John Paul II as Knight and Lady of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem, a Roman Catholic charitable order.On Sunday, May 29, 2011, Roeser died after a short illness.Fellow talk-show host Dan Proft told the Arlington Heights "Daily Herald" that Roeser had died of congestive heart failure.