Bar code co-inventor Norman Joseph Woodland dies
RALEIGH, N.C. -- Norman Joseph Woodland, the co-inventor of the bar code that labels nearly every product in stores and has boosted productivity in nearly every sector of commerce worldwide, has died....
View ArticleWilliam Cea Jr., East Islip school custodian
In the halls of East Islip High School, students could hear William Cea Jr. before they saw him.
View ArticleNassau judge Alfred F. Samenga dies at 95
Alfred F. Samenga, who loved his job as a Nassau judge so much that he presided over traffic court cases well into his 90s, died Dec. 3 after an illness. The Massapequa Park resident was 95.
View ArticleMountaineering legend Maurice Herzog dies
PARIS -- France loved him for his indefatigable, pioneering spirit -- the first man to climb an 8,000-meter Himalayan peak despite losing all his fingers and toes to frostbite, a man who later went on...
View ArticleAbdessalam Yassine, Moroccan opposition leader, dies
RABAT, Morocco -- Sheikh Abdessalam Yassine, the charismatic religious leader of Morocco's largest opposition movement and longtime opponent of two Moroccan kings, died Thursday. He was 84.
View ArticleJoe Allbritton, who led media empire, dies
McLEAN, Va. -- Joe L. Allbritton, who became one of Washington's most influential men through a media conglomerate of newspapers and television stations and a financial empire that once included Riggs...
View ArticleAlbert Hirschman, influential social scientist, dies at 97
In a wide-ranging professional life, Albert Hirschman worked at prestigious colleges and institutes, wrote some of the most perceptive works of social science in his era, and acquired a devoted...
View ArticleDina Manfredini, world's oldest person, dies at 115
DES MOINES, Iowa -- A 115-year-old Iowa woman has died less than two weeks after inheriting the title of world's oldest person, her family said Monday.
View ArticleLongtime Hawaii Sen. Daniel Inouye dead at 88
WASHINGTON -- Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, the influential Democrat who broke racial barriers on Capitol Hill and played key roles in congressional investigations of the Watergate and Iran-Contra...
View ArticleJohn Clarke, head of aerospace company AIL, dies
Funeral services will be held this morning for John P. Clarke, a former president of the Long Island aerospace company AIL.
View ArticleCuban boxer Arnaldo Mesa dead at 46
HAVANA -- Cuban authorities say Olympic silver medalist boxer Arnaldo Mesa has died. He was 46.
View ArticleEducation leader Frank Macchiarola dies
Frank J. Macchiarola is known for running any number of powerful and impressive New York City institutions, having served as schools chancellor; dean of Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law; and president...
View ArticleLaborer Frank Farina of Dix Hills dies at 85
From construction laborer to foreman, Frank Farina helped build Trump Tower, Penn Plaza, Brookhaven National Laboratory and other landmarks in a career that spanned almost 50 years, his family said. He...
View ArticleRobert Bork, failed Court nominee, dies at 85
WASHINGTON -- Robert H. Bork, the conservative jurist who fired Watergate special prosecutor Archibald Cox during the "Saturday Night Massacre" in 1973 and whose failed nomination to the Supreme Court...
View ArticleJames F. Kearns III, ex-FDNY battalion chief, dies
James F. Kearns III, who achieved a longtime goal when he was promoted to battalion chief in the New York Fire Department and later saw many of the firefighters he'd mentored killed in the World Trade...
View ArticleFinancier Frank Pizzitola dies at 89
Frank Pizzitola, a general partner at Lazard Freres & Co. who worked with such legendary figures as Andre Meyer, Michel David-Weill and Felix Rohatyn during a 21-year career at the investment bank,...
View ArticleLongtime educator Laurence Roberts, 77, dies
Laurence Roberts, an educator who spent more than three decades in Farmingdale public schools, was known as the "king of the little kids" for his compassion and devotion to students, his son said...
View ArticleGlowing tributes from Obama, Biden for Daniel Inouye
WASHINGTON -- With reverential words and warm memories, President Barack Obama Friday led the admirers paying tribute to the late Sen. Daniel Inouye of Hawaii, a war hero and senator for 50 years who...
View Article'Whorehouse' playwright Larry L. King dies
Larry L. King, a writer and playwright whose magazine article about a campaign to close down a popular bordello became a hit Tony Award-nominated musical "The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas" and a...
View ArticleAIDS activist Spencer Cox dies at 44
AIDS activist Spencer Cox, who helped form an organization to boost treatment research and recently appeared in a documentary about an AIDS coalition, has died.
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