Eleni Vavas, 37, cardiologist and cancer fighter, dies
Eleni Vavas, cardiologist and self-described "cancer fighter," died Tuesday at home in Manhasset after a nearly two-year fight with the disease. She was 37.
View ArticleIvar Segalowitz, 83, Holocaust survivor from Great Neck, dies
Ivar Segalowitz, whose belief in life's "limitless possibilities" was not diminished by the Holocaust, died from cancer June 24 at his Great Neck home. He was 83.
View ArticleWalter Dean Myers, children's author, dies at 76
Walter Dean Myers was a tall, angular, soft-spoken man who told great stories. He and his wife, Connie, were married for nearly half a century. He was one of the nation's most successful and prolific...
View ArticleAlan Kuver, 47, Huntington High School fencing coach
Carly Glowacky was at Sacred Heart University, fencing for its Division I program and frustrated at the intense level of competition, when she called her old high school coach asking for advice.
View ArticleRichard Mellon Scaife, billionaire conservative activist, dies at 82
PITTSBURGH -- Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire heir to the Mellon banking and oil fortune and a newspaper publisher who funded libertarian and conservative causes and various projects to...
View ArticleRita Dworkin, 85, longtime East Meadow librarian, researcher
Rita Dworkin, an East Meadow librarian of 35 years, had a lifelong passion for language, learning and research, all three of which she would often share with her family.
View ArticleGrammy-winning jazz musician Paul Horn dead
Paul Horn, the Grammy-winning jazz flutist and New Age music pioneer, has died at the age of 84.
View ArticleEmanuel Demos, father of Suffolk GOP candidate, dies at 75
Emanuel George Demos, a Manhattan tax lawyer active in the Greek Orthodox Church and father of recent Republican congressional candidate George Demos, has died. He was 75.
View ArticleTom Veryzer dead, LIer had 12-year career in majors
Their summers in Islip were spent playing baseball, and the three older Veryzer brothers eventually realized the youngest one, Tom, had the best chance to make it to the major leagues.
View ArticleIndian actress and dancer Zohra Sehgal dies
NEW DELHI -- Actress and dancer Zohra Sehgal, who charmed viewers with her impish grin and twinkling eyes, has died of heart failure in New Delhi at age 102.
View ArticleJazz bass innovator Charlie Haden dies at 76
Bassist Charlie Haden, who helped change the shape of jazz more than a half-century ago as a member of Ornette Coleman's groundbreaking quartet and liberated the bass from its traditional rhythm...
View ArticleMatthew J. Cronin, 87, attorney, longtime Nassau Democratic activist
Matthew J. Cronin, an attorney, longtime Democratic activist in Nassau County and a World War II Navy veteran from Manhasset, died on July 4 from complications of a stroke he suffered in 2010. He was 87.
View ArticleBilly Joel's mother, Rosalind Nyman Joel, dies at 92
Rosalind Nyman Joel, mother of singer-songwriter Billy Joel and the inspiration for several of the superstar's songs, died Sunday in hospice care on Long Island, surrounded by her friends and family....
View ArticleEldridge 'Toby' Gumbs, Hempstead youth football mentor, dies at 79
Eldridge Tobias Gumbs, one of Hofstra University's first black football players and a mentor of youth in Hempstead, died Wednesday at Nassau University Medical Center from problems related to...
View ArticleJohnny Winter, legendary blues guitarist, dies at 70
GENEVA -- Texas blues legend Johnny Winter, known for his lightning-fast guitar riffs, his striking long white hair and his collaborations with the likes of Jimi Hendrix and childhood hero Muddy...
View ArticleDon McIntyre, former Valley Stream track coach, dies
Don McIntyre was always a real sport.
View ArticleWilliam Dumpson, 84, played in Negro League and for Globetrotters
Hank Aaron was his roommate. Satchel Paige and Buck Leonard were his teammates. Wilt Chamberlain once visited his home in Westbury.
View ArticleLouis V. Ryf, retired Nassau police detective sergeant, dies at 79
When Avianca Flight 52 crashed in Cove Neck in 1990, Nassau police Det. Sgt. Louis V. Ryf oversaw the logistics of identifying the dead and interviewing the survivors.
View ArticleRay Lonnen, British actor in spy show 'Sandbaggers,' dies at 74
Ray Lonnen, a British actor who played a spy in "The Sandbaggers," a TV series that made the bureaucratic battles of espionage as gripping as 007-style cloak and dagger, died July 11 at his home in...
View ArticleRetired U.S. astronaut Henry 'Hank' Hartsfield Jr. dies at 80
Retired U.S. astronaut Henry "Hank" Hartsfield Jr., who flew on three shuttle missions including as commander of the Discovery's maiden flight, died after an illness at age 80, NASA said Saturday.
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