Steve Albini, a legendary recording engineer, passed away at the age of 61 from a heart attack. The City of Chicago has renamed the street around his Electrical Audio studio as Steve Albini Way. His unconventional approach to recording influenced decades of rock music and led to accusations of misogyny and racism in his early years. His wife, Heather Whinna, who married Albini in 2009, recalls how he proposed and left her on his way to Italy after proposing and then leaving. Despite his eccentric nature and eccentricity, Albini was also a loyal friend and a devoted friend who had a strong sense of fairness.