Hungarian liquor magnate Peter Zwack dies
Peter J. Zwack, a Hungarian-born liquor magnate who helped safeguard the secret formula for his family's prized Unicum digestif during years of Nazi and Soviet occupation and served a tempestuous stint...
View ArticleThomas Hartnett, ex-state labor head, dies
Thomas Hartnett, the former head of labor for New York State who 25 years ago helped broker a resolution to a Long Island Rail Road union strike, died on Aug. 28 from complications from cancer, his...
View ArticleChris Lighty mourned by hip-hop royalty
Hip-hop royalty including LL Cool J and Sean Combs packed a standing-room-only funeral chapel Wednesday to pay their respects to music-industry mogul Chris Lighty.
View ArticleDr. Robert Reza, convicted LI murderer, dies
Robert Reza, the Bayport physician who was convicted in the 1990 killing of his wife while having an affair with the organist at his family's church, has died in prison, state prison officials said. He...
View ArticleDonald Petrie, 90, of Great Neck dies
A dapper businessman who wore impeccable Brooks Brothers suits and bow ties, Donald J. Petrie could be easily spotted among railroad commuters in Great Neck.
View ArticleMelvin Schachter, LI shutterbug, dies at 88
Talking about Melvin Schachter without talking about cameras, according to his family, is like talking about Bill Gates without talking about computers.
View ArticleLocust Valley football coach Fred Smith dies
Fred Smith brought the same approach to the football field as he did in every other aspect of his life.
View ArticlePhil Antonucci, 59, musician, family man, dies
Phil Antonucci lived his dream. At age 11, he started performing in a band, and music would become the thread woven into the fabric of his life, from earning a living to using it to convey his feelings...
View ArticleDr. Milton Stapen dies at 100
The year was 1939 and Milton Stapen was a medical resident at Brooklyn Jewish Hospital. Another physician, after removing a young woman's appendix, had a suggestion for Stapen. "You've got to see this...
View ArticleMelva Radcliffe, oldest in N.J., dies at 111
WALL, N.J. -- A woman believed to be New Jersey's oldest resident has died.
View ArticleFormer IBM employee Ted Scala dies at 95
Ted Scala, a longtime IBM employee who served in the Army during World War II, has died at age 95.
View ArticleOscar-winning producer Jake Eberts dies
Jake Eberts, the Canadian independent producer and founder of Britain's Goldcrest Films, which revived the British cinema industry in the 1980s with a string of Oscar-winning movies, including "Gandhi"...
View ArticleEngineering professor Norman Wennagel dies
Norman G. Wennagel was a professor of engineering, an expert on naval architecture and taught complicated topics -- thermo-fluid sciences, thermal analysis of power plants, marine engineering -- but...
View ArticleDorothy McGuire of McGuire Sisters dies
PHOENIX -- Dorothy McGuire Williamson, who teamed with sisters Christine and Phyllis for a string of hits in the 1950s and '60s as the popular McGuire Sisters singing group, has died. She was 84.
View ArticleWoody Crockett, Tuskegee airman, dies
Woody Crockett grew up in an Arkansas sharecropping community and aspired to be a mathematician. But in 1940, when he could no longer afford the community college tuition in Little Rock, he decided to...
View ArticleRon Taylor, who filmed parts of 'Jaws,' dies
SYDNEY -- Ron Taylor, a beloved Australian marine conservationist who helped film some of the terrifying underwater footage used in the classic shark thriller "Jaws," has died after a long battle with...
View ArticleVerghese Kurien, 'India's milkman,' dies
NEW DELHI -- Verghese Kurien, an engineer known as "India's milkman" who helped revolutionize the country's dairy industry despite his own dislike for milk, has died at age 90.
View ArticleArtist Mario Zamparelli dies at 91
LOS ANGELES -- Mario Armond Zamparelli, an internationally renowned artist who for nearly 20 years created the distinctive, often colorful logos, images and posters for reclusive billionaire Howard...
View ArticleTadahiro Matsushita, Japanese official, dies
Japanese Financial Services Minister Tadahiro Matsushita, who since taking the post in June led a crackdown on insider trading that triggered resignations of the top two executives at Nomura Holdings...
View ArticleMechanic, businessman Nicholas Brett dies
Nicholas Brett, 85, a businessman, auto mechanic and World War II Navy seaman, died of natural causes Aug. 21 at the Long Island State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University.
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