Alice Rosanes, 80, East Meadow teacher
Alice Rosanes, a retired East Meadow English teacher and serial adventurer from Centerport, died Sunday after an undiagnosed illness. She was 80.
View ArticleSands Point village justice Jerome Boros dies
It was easy for Jerome Boros to command attention. A man of diminutive bearing, his family said, he wore his cowboy hat to and from the courthouse.
View ArticleEducator Amrit L. Kapoor dies at 82
An educator and researcher, Amrit L. Kapoor was so devoted to his college of pharmacy students that he continued his teaching this summer, despite two weeks of chills and 104-degree fevers, said his...
View ArticleVivian Corelli, Mastic beautician dies at 78
A double-date mismatch steered Vivian Corelli to her future husband, Vincent. She had been paired with his friend; he with her sister. Dates were switched and both couples ended up marrying.
View ArticleEducator Hazel Brandon-Palmore dead at 67
Known for her no-nonsense hairstyle -- a neat bun wound tightly without a strand out of place -- educator Hazel Brandon-Palmore was the quintessential role model for the legions of students she taught...
View ArticleFormer Nassau police Commissioner Francis Looney, 96, dies
With an early start on his family's Plainview farm harvesting cucumbers and potatoes, Francis B. Looney went on to join the Nassau County Police Department, where he rose through the ranks and served...
View ArticleDean Meminger dead, former Knicks guard was 65
Dean "The Dream" Meminger, whose name evokes memories of the halcyon days of New York City basketball, was found dead shortly before noon Friday in a Manhattan hotel room. The 65-year-old was a...
View ArticleLewis Newton, carnival founder, dies at 92
Lewis J. Newton, who swam with Tarzan and played ball with The Rifleman before founding a traveling Long Island amusement company, died Tuesday at the Stony Brook Long Island State Veterans Home. He...
View ArticleMuriel Siebert, first female NYSE seatholder, dies
Muriel Siebert, whose success as one of Wall Street's early, influential female analysts earned her the contacts and nest egg to become the first woman to buy a seat on the New York Stock Exchange, has...
View ArticleRetired CBS newsman Bruce Dunning, 73, dies
CBS News says longtime foreign correspondent Bruce Dunning has died.
View ArticleSacramento nun and lobbyist Sheila Walsh dead at 83
Prone to bursting into politicians' offices -- and then calling their wives if they ignored her -- she was one of the most reliable characters in the California capital of Sacramento.
View ArticleEx-Brazil goalkeeper Gylmar dos Santos Neves dies at 83
Gylmar dos Santos Neves, the Brazilian goalkeeper who helped the country win World Cup titles in 1958 and 1962, has died after a heart attack. He was 83.
View ArticleSuffolk Democrat supporter Irene Feeney dies at 85
Irene Feeney, a powerful member of a prominent Huntington Democratic family, has died in Florida, where she and her husband Martin Feeney, former Suffolk Regional Off-Track Betting Corp. president,...
View ArticleDr. John Richard Sachs of NYC dies at 78
Most mornings as John Sachs left home for service at a Walter Reed center near Washington, D.C., his children would line up at the door and salute their father, a doctor who was drafted during the...
View ArticleDorothy Shiebler, 85, helped run Patchogue's WLIM/1580 AM, dies
Dorothy Shiebler, who along with her husband, disc jockey Jack Ellsworth, ran Patchogue's WLIM / 1580 AM, one of Long Island's last independently owned radio stations, died July 16 at Brookhaven...
View ArticleTypewriter repairman Manson Whitlock dead at 96
Manson H. Whitlock, one of the country's longest-serving repairmen of the clattering keyboard contraptions known as typewriters, died Aug. 28 at his home in Bethany, Conn. He was 96.
View ArticleRay Grebey dead, MLB labor negotiator during 1981 strike was 85
Ray Grebey, who led Major League Baseball labor negotiations during the tumultuous 50-day strike that split the 1981 season, has died. He was 85.
View ArticleMorgan Stanley executive David Brenneman dies
David Brenneman, a Harvard-trained lawyer who crossed into finance and was an executive director in equity risk management at Morgan Stanley, has died. He was 37.
View ArticleWWII veteran Daniel Murry McKennell dies at 86
A child of the Great Depression, Daniel Murry McKennell lived simply and was always careful with his money, his daughter said. But he gave his time away extravagantly -- mowing his neighbors' lawns,...
View ArticleKeith Bailey, of Central Islip, dies at 55
Keith Bailey always had something nice to say, was generous and never fretted even in the face of a life-ending illness.
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