Honorary street name bestowed in Chicago for director William Friedkin

CHICAGO (CBS) -- Screenwriter, director, and producer William Friedkin – a Chicago native – was commemorated with an honorary street name in the city on Monday. Ridge Avenue at Ardmore Avenue, alongside the Nicholas Senn High School campus in Edgewater, now has a second name of William Friedkin Way. Friedkin was a Senn alum. Friedkin, who died last year at the age of 87, was best known for directing "The Exorcist" and "The French Connection" in the early 1970s. His …