Martin James Durkin, 75, was NYPD cop, worked Huntington security, dies
Martin James Durkin, former deputy director of security for the Town of Huntington and a retired New York City police officer, died Nov. 5 of natural causes. He was 75.
View ArticleShane Del Rosario dead, UFC heavyweight was 30
UFC fighter Shane Del Rosario died Monday, nearly two weeks after the heavyweight had a heart attack. He was 30.
View ArticleCommunity activist Olive Salih dies
Olive Salih, formerly of Huntington, devoted her life to protecting the children of communities where she set down roots: Huntington, East Elmhurst and Miami.
View ArticleActor Christopher Evan Welch dead at 48
SANTA MONICA, Calif. -- Christopher Evan Welch, the actor whose roles on New York stages led to a series of film and television parts, including a regular spot on AMC's "Rubicon," has died in Southern...
View ArticleSister Virginia Maguire of Garden City dies at 71
Sister Virginia Maguire was dying of cancer. But when people asked how she was doing recently, she'd quickly turn the conversation to making sure the parish social ministry office she ran in Garden...
View ArticleRichard Deem, former Great Neck mayor, nuclear engineer, dies
Richard Deem, a nuclear engineer who won a battle for Great Neck mayor in that village's first contested election in more than a half-century, died Monday of advanced prostate cancer. He was 67.
View ArticleFormer Nassau elections worker Yvonne Dalton dies
Yvonne Dalton of Wantagh, a former Nassau Board of Elections worker who devoted the latter part of her life to working with special-needs students, died Saturday after battling cancer. She was 80.
View ArticleFormer Long Islander Joan McKinnon, 82, artist, fashionista
Former Long Islander Joan M. McKinnon was an artist who enjoyed reinventing herself, dressing fashionably, traveling and attracting friends wherever she went.
View ArticleKelly Clark, lawyer who battled the Boy Scouts, dead at 56
PORTLAND, Ore. -- A Portland attorney who won a nearly $20 million judgment for a sex abuse victim against the Boy Scouts of America and forced the organization to release secrets on pedophiles...
View ArticleHarold Camping, preacher who incorrectly predicted the end of the world, dead...
OAKLAND, Calif. -- Harold Camping, the California preacher who used his evangelical radio ministry and thousands of billboards to broadcast the end of the world and then gave up public prophecy when...
View ArticleJoseph Pascarella Sr., 80, Korean War vet, Westbury schools trustee
Joseph Pascarella Sr., a Korean War veteran who served 28 years in the United States Marine Corps and later became head of the county's Veterans Service Agency, died Monday after a yearlong battle with...
View ArticleRonnie Biggs, 'Great Train Robber,' dead at 84
LONDON -- Ronnie Biggs was a petty criminal who set out to transform his life with the daring heist of a mail train packed with money.
View ArticleRaymond Felice, Suffolk undercover detective, has died at 67
Raymond Felice, a Suffolk County police detective who posed as hit men and drug dealers over 38 years in law enforcement, died Dec. 2 after a long battle with cancer. He was 67.
View ArticleJohn S.D. Eisenhower dead, son of President Dwight D. Eisenhower was 91
The family of President Dwight D. Eisenhower says his son, 91-year-old John S.D. Eisenhower, has died.
View ArticleCharlotte Zitrin, 95, founded Phobia Clinic at LIJ, dies
Charlotte Marker Zitrin, the founding director of the Phobia Clinic at Long Island Jewish Hillside Medical Center and a Great Neck doctor influential in treating panic attacks and phobias, has died....
View ArticleStan Brooks, 1010 WINS radio newsman, dies of cancer at 86
Quintessential New York newsman Stan Brooks, who covered everything from the Attica prison uprising to last year's shooting outside the Empire State Building as 1010 WINS radio's senior correspondent,...
View ArticleMike Hegan dead, former Yankee and longtime Indians broadcaster was 71
Mike Hegan, a former major league player who was a longtime broadcaster with the Cleveland Indians, has died. He was 71.
View ArticleMedal of Honor recipient Rudy Hernandez dies at 82
Rodolfo "Rudy" Hernandez, an Army paratrooper who received the Medal of Honor after single-handedly carrying out a bayonet assault on enemy forces during the Korean War, died Saturday at a veterans'...
View ArticleOscar-winning animator Frederic Back dies at 89
LOS ANGELES -- Frederic Back, who won two Oscars for his poignant animated short films, died Tuesday morning at home in Montreal, his daughter, Suzel Back-Drapeau said. He was 89 and had cancer.
View ArticleWilliam Cahn, ex-DA who busted mobsters, dies at 90
Nassau County's former district attorney William Cahn, who busted mobsters but later went to prison for double-billing his travel expenses, died Friday.
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