Lavonne 'Pepper' Paire-Davis, 'A League of Their Own' inspiration, dead at 88
LOS ANGELES -- Lavonne "Pepper" Paire-Davis, a star of the All American Girls Professional Baseball League in the 1940s and an inspiration for the movie "A League of Their Own," has died. She was 88.
View ArticleJacques Weiser, 88, passionate English teacher, dies
As an English teacher, Jacques J. Weiser didn't just walk into his classroom, he bounded.
View ArticleCharles Wertz, 72, longtime fisherman, advocate, dies
Charles Wertz, a longtime commercial fisherman from Freeport who fought the tightening of federal fishing quotas as president of the West End Fishermen's Association, died Friday after a 26-month...
View ArticleEssie Mae Washington-Williams, Thurmond's mixed-race daughter, dies
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Essie Mae Washington-Williams, the mixed-race daughter of onetime segregationist Sen. Strom Thurmond who kept her parentage secret for more than 70 years to avoid damaging his...
View ArticleSusan Hight Denny, Broadway actress, dies
Susan Hight Denny, an actress and singer in Broadway musicals of the early 1950s who gave up a stage career to become a homemaker, died Jan. 13 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring, Md. She was 84.
View ArticleJohn Thomas, Olympic high jumper, dies at 71
He was the overwhelming favorite in his event, so much so that U.S. sportswriters covering the 1960 Summer Olympics boasted that if Americans won just one gold medal over the rival Soviet Union at that...
View ArticleTroggs singer Reg Presley dies at 71
LONDON -- The structure is simple, the guitar riffs basic, the lyrics at best inane, but the Troggs' "Wild Thing" remains a garage rock classic more than 45 years after its release made The Troggs and...
View ArticleMortimer Kramer, 91, animal hospital founder, dies
Dr. Mortimer Kramer, founder of Huntington Animal Hospital, died Monday of natural causes at Hospice House in East Northport. He was 91.
View ArticleHilbert I. Schotz, candidate for State Assembly, dies
Hilbert Israel Schotz was a voracious reader, storyteller and a one-time candidate for State Assembly who ran a scrappy, grassroots campaign out of his own pocket against an established Republican...
View ArticleIra Rubin, champion bridge player, dies
EDISON, N.J. -- A champion bridge player considered one of the game's great theorists and nicknamed The Beast because of the intensity of his play has died in New Jersey. Ira Rubin was 82.
View ArticleGuy Tozzoli, who helped build WTC, dies
Guy Tozzoli, an official with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who supervised the development of New York City's original World Trade Center and then witnessed its destruction, has died at...
View ArticleFormer Hofstra AD Jim Garvey dies at 70
Jim Garvey always told Jay Wright that he would have patience. As a first-time head coach for Hofstra's basketball program, Wright said it was helpful to have that kind of support from his athletic...
View ArticleWTC general manager Thomas Donovan, 87
Thomas Donovan wasn't gregarious. He didn't speak loudly or without purpose. Instead, he chose his words carefully, thoughtfully. Above all, his family said, he was caring and selfless.
View ArticleNancy Decker Dougherty, wife of town supervisor, dies
Nancy Decker Dougherty, a film critic who wrote biographies and was awarded for her nonfiction work, died Wednesday at her home on Shelter Island after a 13-year battle with Alzheimer's disease.
View ArticleStuart Freeborn, 'Star Wars' makeuo master, dies
LONDON -- Stuart Freeborn, a pioneering movie makeup artist behind creatures such as Yoda and Chewbacca in the "Star Wars" films, died Tuesday. He was 98.
View ArticleMusic conductor James DePreist dies
PORTLAND, Ore. -- James DePreist, one of the first African-American conductors and a National Medal of Arts winner, died Friday at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., his manager Jason Bagdade said.
View ArticlePhilosopher Rabbi David Hartman dies at 81
JERUSALEM -- Rabbi David Hartman, one of the world's leading Jewish philosophers who promoted both Jewish pluralism and interfaith dialogue, has died. He was 81.
View ArticleZhuang Zedong, table tennis champ, dies
BEIJING -- Three-time world table tennis champion Zhuang Zedong, a key figure in the groundbreaking "pingpong diplomacy" between China and the United States, died yesterday, China's official Xinhua...
View ArticleJazz musician Donald Byrd dies at 80
DOVER, Del. -- Jazz musician Donald Byrd, a leading hard-bop trumpeter of the 1950s who collaborated on dozens of albums with top artists of his time and later enjoyed commercial success with hit...
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