Frederick P. O'Neill Jr., 85, Robert Moses protege and LI parks...
Robert Moses, master builder of the state park system and a demanding boss, liked what he saw in Frederick P. O'Neill Jr., so in 1958 he appointed him one of his youngest superintendents.
View ArticleJane Henson, widow of Muppets' Jim Henson, dies at 78
LOS ANGELES -- The Jim Henson Co. says Henson's partner in marriage and Muppets has died.
View ArticleLewinsky lawyer William H. Ginsburg dies
LOS ANGELES -- William H. Ginsburg, who was Monica Lewinsky's first lawyer during the sex scandal involving President Bill Clinton, has died. He was 70.
View ArticleEnid Grossman, Great Neck Hadassah president, dies at 72
Enid Grossman, a former elementary public schoolteacher from Kings Point, died Wednesday of a previously undetected blood disorder at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. She was 72.
View ArticleJim Mees, Emmy-winning "Star Trek" set designer, dead at 57
Jim Mees, an Emmy-winning set decorator who helped bring alien worlds to life in the long-running "Star Trek" TV series, died last Friday at his home in Selinsgrove, Pa., said his partner, Michael...
View ArticleAmy Maniscalco, organized Guard support network, dies at 37
When her husband began readying for a deployment to Iraq with the New York National Guard in 2003, members of his unit asked Amy Maniscalco to organize a support network to address the needs and...
View ArticleTextile exec Robert Eisen dies at 92
Robert Eisen was a pillar of the American textile industry, a baseball enthusiast and Queens native with institutional knowledge about the borough of his upbringing, relatives said.
View ArticleSyosset attorney Robert de Poto dies at 87
When attorney Robert de Poto was preparing to try a case, whether it was murder or malpractice, he would sequester himself in the family living room and study reams of documents until he knew what was...
View ArticleRobert Zildjian, 'cymbal' of success, dies at 89
While breaking away from his family's business dynasty, Robert Zildjian took a closely guarded secret with him -- a cymbal-making process with roots in the 17th century -- and founded his own noisy...
View ArticleJudith McEvoy, Suffolk public administrator, dies at 71
Judith McEvoy was a people person. The ambitious but family-oriented woman, who served as director of economic development for Suffolk County for a time, had a way of drawing others to her.
View ArticleLilly Pulitzer dead, fashion designer from LI was 81
Lilly Pulitzer, a Palm Beach socialite turned designer whose tropical print dresses became a sensation in the 1960s and later a fashion classic, died Sunday. She was 81.
View ArticleMeat Farms founder Charles Raynor, 79, dies
Charles S. Raynor, the industrious son of Long Island farmers who went on to build a successful supermarket chain, died Friday after battling pancreatic cancer and Parkinson's disease. He was 79.
View ArticleEthel DeMayo, devoted to family, dies at 89
She was born in Loughborough, England, became a wartime bride to an American soldier and moved to Massapequa Park, where she grew to be a family matriarch known for her devotion to local elections,...
View ArticleAnnette Funicello dead, 'Mickey Mouse Club' star was 70
The '50s mouseketeer has died at age 70 after suffering from multiple sclerosis.
View ArticleRaymond Bigliani, Farmingdale physics professor, dies
The late Raymond E. Bigliani, a longtime physics professor at Farmingdale State College and former Grumman Aerospace Corp. engineer who worked on the Apollo Lunar Module, will be honored on campus...
View ArticleArtist Martyl Langsdorf, creator of Doomsday Clock, dies
Martyl Langsdorf, an artist who was married to a nuclear physicist who worked on the Manhattan Project, created the widely known Doomsday Clock for the first cover of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists.
View ArticleBritish record producer Andy Johns dies at 62
LOS ANGELES -- British record producer and sound engineer Andy Johns, who like his older brother Glyn Johns worked with some of the biggest rock bands of the 1960s and '70s, including the Rolling...
View ArticleVolunteer Patricia Ann Nelson dies at 86
Patricia Ann Nelson, an indefatigable Long Island mother of eight, community volunteer and devout Catholic, died Monday after a long battle with cancer.
View ArticleTest-tube baby pioneer Robert Edwards dies
LONDON -- Robert Edwards, a Nobel laureate from Britain whose pioneering in vitro fertilization research led to the first test-tube baby and has since brought millions of people into the world, died...
View ArticleBesedka Johnson, actress in 'Starlet,' dies
LOS ANGELES -- Besedka Johnson, who became an actress at age 85 and won praise for last year's movie "Starlet," has died. She was 87.
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