Ex-Philadelphia City Councilman James Tayoun Sr. dies
PHILADELPHIA -- James Tayoun Sr., a former Philadelphia City Council member who went to federal prison for corruption and started a newspaper after his release, has died. He was 87.
View ArticleMinnesota radio personality Roger Erickson dies at 89
MINNEAPOLIS -- Radio personality Roger Erickson, who ruled Minnesota's morning airwaves along with on-air WCCO partner Charlie Boone for 38 years, has died. He was 89.
View ArticlePioneering psychiatrist Salvador Minuchin dies at 96
Salvador Minuchin, an iconoclastic child psychiatrist who revolutionized 20th-century family therapy by bringing the whole clan into the room and tugging their emotional strings like a master...
View ArticleFallout-shelter sign designer Robert Blakeley dies at 95
Robert Blakeley, whose yellow-and-black fallout shelter sign became a grim symbol of the Cold War and, in many places across the country, a now-rusting reminder of the perils of nuclear brinkmanship,...
View ArticlePioneering author Nancy Friday dies at 84
Nancy Friday, a dissatisfied daughter of the sexual revolution whose best-selling books aimed to liberate women from embarrassment over their erotic fantasies and from fraught relationships with their...
View ArticleFormer Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon at 88
WASHINGTON -- Former Apollo 12 astronaut Richard Gordon, one of a dozen men who flew around the moon but didn't land there, has died, NASA said. He was 88.
View ArticleFormer Minnesota Twins coach Rick Stelmaszek dies at 69
MINNEAPOLIS -- Former Minnesota Twins coach Rick Stelmaszek, who helped the team win two World Series championships, has died of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 69.
View ArticleMario Ghini dead: Restaurateur who raised the bar for Long Island eateries...
For more than a generation, fine dining on Long Island was synonymous with one restaurant and one man.
View ArticleJoe Fortunato dies; Chicago Bears great was 87
NATCHEZ, Miss. -- Joe Fortunato, the speedy linebacker who helped the Chicago Bears win the 1963 NFL title, has died. He was 87.
View ArticleRobert Tilearcio dead at 58; was FDNY firefighter from Massapequa Park
Robert Tilearcio, an FDNY firefighter from Massapequa Park who pressed Congress to fund medical benefits for first responders suffering from 9/11-related illnesses, died Oct. 25 from brain cancer...
View ArticleRetired general, military hero John H. Cushman dies at 96
John H. Cushman, a retired Army lieutenant general who received multiple battlefield commendations for heroism during the Vietnam War and who later sought to bring a more flexible intellectual approach...
View ArticleHerb Lee, San Francisco's first Chinese-American police officer, dies
SAN FRANCISCO -- Herb Lee, San Francisco's first Chinese-American police officer, has died. He was 84.
View ArticleLiz Smith, grand dame of New York gossip columnists, dies at 94
Liz Smith, the grand dame of New York gossip columnists who chronicled the lives of celebrities for Newsday and other publications, died Sunday in New York, her literary agent told The Associated...
View ArticleFrench downhill skier David Poisson dies at 35 in crash
PARIS -- French downhiller David Poisson died on Monday following a training crash in Canada.
View ArticleMichael F. Masone dies; teacher, mentor shared musical passion
Michael F. Masone, a teacher in Bethpage for 35 years who encouraged his students to fall in love with music, died Oct. 31 at The Hospice Inn in Melville of complications from lung cancer.
View Article'Lady Chatterley' lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson dies at 102
LONDON -- Lawyer Jeremy Hutchinson, a towering legal figure who helped liberalize British laws around sex and freedom of expression, has died. He was 102.
View ArticleThomas Hudner Jr., Korean War and civil rights hero, dies
Thomas Hudner Jr., then a 26-year-old Navy pilot with the rank of lieutenant junior grade, did not radio for permission on Dec. 4, 1950, when amid a punishing battle in the Korean War he purposely...
View ArticleJake Siciliano, NYPD recruit from Long Island, dies from cancer
A Lynbrook man, who was newly engaged and in the NYPD police academy, lost his battle with leukemia, his fiancee said.
View ArticleDemocratic mega-donor Steve Mostyn dies at 46
AUSTIN, Texas -- Democratic mega-donor Steve Mostyn, a powerful Texas trial lawyer who was among the nation's largest backers of liberal causes and candidates, died after what his wife says was "a...
View ArticleFerdie Pacheco, Muhammad Ali's cornerman, dies at 89
MIAMI -- Fernando "Ferdie" Pacheco, "The Fight Doctor" who served as Muhammad Ali's ringside physician, has died. He was 89.
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