D.C. boxing gym owner Jim Finley dies
It wasn't an easy place to find, but then it was never supposed to be. Finley's Gym was above an auto-repair shop, down an alley in Northeast Washington, behind a battered door, then up a flight of...
View ArticleInsurance executive Robert Dubofsky of Great Neck dies
Funeral services were held Monday for insurance company executive Robert L. Dubofsky, 74, of Great Neck, who died after choking on food at a restaurant Friday, his company said.
View ArticleBobby Onco, captured in iconic Wounded Knee photo, dies at 63
Robert Charles Onco, a Kiowa Indian from Oklahoma who was active in the American Indian Movement and its role in the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee, S.D., died last week of lung cancer. The Vietnam-era...
View ArticleRalph Kiner, Hall of Famer and beloved Mets announcer, dies at 91
During his Hall of Fame career, when he was hitting dozens of home runs into a section of Pittsburgh's Forbes Field that became known as Kiner's Korner, Ralph Kiner was asked why he always gripped the...
View ArticleRichard Bull, of TV's "Little House on the Prairie"
LOS ANGELES -- Richard Bull, who played shopkeeper and put-upon spouse Nels Oleson on TV's "Little House on the Prairie," has died. He was 89.
View ArticleVasil Bilak, hard-line communist leader
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia -- Vasil Bilak, a former hard-line communist leader who paved the way for Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, has died. He was 96.
View ArticleArthur Rankin Jr., who created 'Rudolph,' dies
More than five decades ago, Arthur Rankin Jr., a producer-director working in stop-motion animation, had an idea to develop a family-oriented TV special around a popular Christmas song. He hoped a...
View ArticleHoffman mourned by stars, family, friends
Stars, friends and family mourned the loss of the Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman at a private funeral in Manhattan Friday.
View ArticleJohn McGinty III, who received Medal of Honor, dies at 73
John McGinty III, a retired Marine Corps captain who received the Medal of Honor for his efforts to lead, protect and rally his outnumbered platoon during an assault in a jungle in Vietnam, died Friday...
View ArticleLouise Brough Clapp, tennis champion of '40s, 50s
Louise Brough Clapp, a tennis player who began competing on public courts in California and became one of the most celebrated athletes in the sport in the 1940s and '50s -- a heyday for women's tennis...
View ArticleCharles Derderian, 89, decorated veteran, dies
Charles G. Derderian, a decorated veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard who was active in veterans' organizations, died Jan. 6 of a heart attack at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset. He was 89.
View ArticleWashington lobbyist George Koch dies at 87
George Koch, who led the Grocery Manufacturers of America trade association for a quarter-century and became one of the most influential lobbyists in Washington, died Jan. 26 at the ManorCare Health...
View ArticleGabriel Axel, Oscar-winning director, dies
COPENHAGEN -- Gabriel Axel, the first Dane to win an Oscar for best foreign film with "Babette's Feast" which he directed, has died at the age of 95.
View ArticleArvella Schuller, wife of televangelist, dies
ORANGE, Calif. -- Arvella Schuller, who helped her pastor husband found the Crystal Cathedral megachurch in Southern California and the hallmark "Hour of Power" televangelism program seen by millions...
View ArticleBetty Jaynes, former director of WBCA, dies
Betty Jaynes, the first executive director of the Women's Basketball Coaches Association, died Monday after a brief illness, the WBCA announced. She was 68.
View ArticleJohn Carter, Suffolk cop who helped break race barrier, dies at 69
As one of Suffolk County's first black police officers, John Cleveland Carter broke barriers. As a coach for the Police Athletic League's boxing program, he mended hearts.
View ArticleSid Caesar, 'Your Show of Shows' star on early TV, dies at 91
Sid Caesar, a giant of early television, whose comedic influence ran wide and deep for decades, has died at the age of 91. Family spokesman Eddy Friedfeld said Caesar died Wednesday at his home in the...
View ArticleGeorge Wilson, who played role in Pentagon Papers case, dies
WASHINGTON -- George Wilson, an author and former Washington Post reporter who covered the military from the perspective of soldiers crawling in the mud and from the offices of decision-makers in...
View ArticleEdith Metz, World War II and Coast Guard veteran, dies
Edith Metz, a World War II veteran who served in the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps and then the Coast Guard, died Jan. 18 at the VA Medical Center in Northport.
View ArticleJim Fregosi, former MLB All-Star and manager, dead at 71
Jim Fregosi, a former All-Star who won more than 1,000 games as a manager for four teams - and the player for whom the Mets traded Nolan Ryan - died Friday after an apparent stroke. He was 71.
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