Alonzo Shockley Jr.: LI educator, civil rights advocate
Alonzo H. Shockley Jr., an educator and civil rights advocate who became the first African-American elected to the North Babylon Board of Education, died Feb. 11 at his Port Jefferson Station home. He...
View ArticleRobert Pendleton, 70, longtime Nassau conservative, has died
Robert Pendleton, a longtime Nassau conservative activist who fought for changes to state election laws and once sued his own party over its leadership, died Sunday after a nine-month battle with...
View ArticleBob Crow, union leader who shut London's tube, dead at 52
LONDON -- Bob Crow, whose willingness to call strikes as leader of Britain's Rail, Maritime and Transport Union made him a hated figure for commuters and a hero for its members, has died. He was 52.
View ArticleHolocaust survivor Leo Bretholz dead at 93
Leo Bretholz, who made a daring escape from the Nazis by jumping off a moving train en route to Auschwitz and decades later led a campaign for reparations from the French railway that carried thousands...
View ArticleShawn Kuykendall dead, former D.C. United midfielder inspired 'Kuykenstrong'
Former D.C. United midfielder Shawn Kuykendall has died from a rare form of cancer at the age of 32.
View ArticleRacehorse owner Richard Bomze, 76, dies; was Lawrence High grad
Richard Bomze was a player who loved betting on himself and his horses. He met life head-on, and no risk was out of the question, even flying a thoroughbred from New York to Ireland to attempt...
View ArticleJeffrey Corzine dead, son of former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine was 31
Former New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine's son has died.
View ArticleRobert Henkel, former BusinessWeek editor, dies
Robert W. Henkel, a former senior editor at BusinessWeek who once lived in Port Washington, died on Feb. 16 due to complications from a stroke. He was 84.
View ArticleDavid Brenner dead, comedian and regular on Johnny Carson's 'Tonight Show'...
A spokesman for the family of comedian David Brenner says the "Tonight Show" favorite has died.
View ArticleRetired Marine Corps Maj. Kurt Chew-Een Lee, earned Navy Cross and Silver...
Kurt Chew-Een Lee, a retired Marine Corps major who received the Navy Cross during the Korean War for his lone, head-on charge into hostile fire to force enemy troops to reveal their positions, an...
View ArticleOphelia DeVore-Mitchell, 92, model who broke barriers, dies
Ophelia DeVore-Mitchell, a modeling agent and charm coach who was credited with broadening the American aesthetic decades before civil rights activists proclaimed that black is beautiful, died Feb. 28...
View ArticleRetired astronaut William Pogue, spaceflight pioneer, dead at 84
Retired Air Force Col. William Pogue, who died March 3 at 84, was an astronaut and Skylab pilot who flew around the Earth for 84 days in 1973 and 1974. At the time, it was the longest spaceflight ever.
View ArticleDominic Galluscio, horse trainer, dies at 55
He was a racetrack lifer who saddled 1,047 winners, and he may have made almost as many friends. Dominic Galluscio was a colorful character, a fixture for 34 years as a thoroughbred trainer at...
View ArticleIola Brubeck, wife and force behind Jazz pianist Dave Brubeck, dead at 90
Iola Brubeck, who helped propel her husband, pianist Dave Brubeck, to jazz stardom in the 1950s by suggesting that he perform on college campuses and who wrote lyrics for many of his compositions, died...
View ArticleHelen W. Grell, retired Commack teacher, dies at 87
Helen W. Grell walked away from an early singing career, choosing instead to devote her life to teaching young children and raising her own brood of five.
View ArticleSyriac Orthodox Patriarch Ignatius Zakka Iwas dies
DAMASCUS, Syria -- The patriarch of the Syriac Orthodox Church, Ignatius Zakka Iwas, the leader of one of world's oldest Christian sects, has died. He was 80.
View ArticleWolfgang Thoma, Huntington cabinetmaker, dead at 86
Wolfgang Karl Thoma, a cabinetmaker from Huntington, has died in Freiburg, Germany. He was 86.
View ArticlePatrice Wymore Flynn, actress and widow of Errol Flynn, dead at 87
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Patrice Wymore Flynn, a Hollywood actress and cattle rancher who was the widow of swashbuckling screen legend Errol Flynn, has died at her seaside home in northeastern Jamaica. She...
View ArticleThomas D. Croci, father of Islip Town supervisor, dead at 71
Thomas D. Croci, an award-winning Connetquot schoolteacher and administrator and father to Islip Town Supervisor Tom Croci, died Monday from pancreatic cancer.
View ArticleRalph Wilson dead, Buffalo Bills owner was 95
Buffalo Bills owner Ralph Wilson, who helped found the American Football League in 1960, died at his home on Tuesday afternoon. He was 95.
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