French actress Mireille Darc dies at 79
PARIS -- French actress Mireille Darc, who performed with some of France's leading directors and had a long relationship with actor Alain Delon, has died at 79.
View ArticleDavid Tang, Hong Kong businessman and socialite, dies at 63
HONG KONG -- David Tang, a flamboyant and outspoken socialite and entrepreneur who founded the Shanghai Tang fashion brand, has died. He was 63.
View ArticleHoward Miskin dies at 89; was attorney, ex-mayor of Great Neck
Howard Miskin, former mayor of the Village of Great Neck and the main force behind the creation of the Water Authority of Great Neck North, died Friday. He was 89.
View ArticleMichael Feldman, former AP photo editor, dies at 70
PHILADELPHIA -- Michael Feldman, a top photo editor whose 40-year career took him from the gritty streets of Philadelphia to major international sporting events including the Olympics and soccer's...
View ArticleIrene Garvey dies at 91; led Dominican Sisters of Amityville
Sister Irene Garvey was head of the Dominican Sisters of Amityville during the tumultuous 1970s, when the Vatican II reforms rocked the Catholic Church, vocations plummeted and many religious sisters...
View ArticleMarguerite Suozzi, matriarch of LI political family, dies
Marguerite Holmes Suozzi, matriarch of a Long Island political family, mother of Rep. Thomas Suozzi and creator of an annual summer concert series designed to cross economic barriers, has died. She was...
View ArticleJohn Palumbo dead; Center Moriches youth sports backer was 54
When John Palumbo wasn't servicing the stars and setting up props for HBO shows like "The Sopranos" as a member of Theatrical Teamsters Local 817, he could be found working with the Center Moriches...
View ArticleJohn Ashbery, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet, dies at 90
John Ashbery, an enigmatic giant of modern poetry whose energy, daring and boundless command of language raised American verse to brilliant and baffling heights, died early Sunday at age 90.
View ArticleAlbert N. Cohen dies; ex-Newsday editor known for his humor
Albert Norman Cohen, a former Newsday editor known for his sense of humor and knack for making his colleagues' stories better, died Aug. 31.
View ArticleGene Michael, 'Stick' and architect of Yankees' 1990s dynasty, dead at age 79
BALTIMORE -- Gene Michael, nicknamed "Stick" for his slender frame and best known for laying the foundation of the Yankees' dynasty in the late Nineties, died of a heart attack Thursday morning at the...
View ArticleLuis Palermo Jr., Nassau officer and 9/11 first responder, dies
Luis A. Palermo Jr., a decorated Nassau County police officer who rushed to lower Manhattan to help search-and-rescue efforts at the ruins of the World Trade Center after the terrorist attacks, died...
View ArticleLong Island's Gary Wadler, an early expert on PEDs in sports, dies at age 78
Gary Wadler, the Long Island physician and early authority on performance-enhancing drugs in sports whose extensive resume of titles, appointments, memberships and honors included the International...
View ArticleLen Wein, 'Wolverine' comics co-creator, dies; ex-Levittown resident was 69
Len Wein, a Levittown native who co-created the comic-book characters Wolverine and Swamp Thing and served as a Marvel Comics editor-in-chief, died Sunday.
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