Charles "Chuck" Panici (December 26, 1930 - December 20, 2017 ) was mayor of Chicago Heights, Illinois from 1975 to 1991.
He was also head of the Bloom Township Republican Party from 1978 to 1992.
He was born in 1930 in the "Hungry Hill" section of Chicago Heights, a south suburb, which was the home to mainly Italian immigrants in a heavily Italian town.
His parents operated "Three Star Restaurant", a popular hangout for many neighborhood residents.