WNYC radio personality Steve Post dies at 70
A beloved New York radio personality is gone.
View ArticleRobert Erly, Navy rear admiral and Pearl Harbor survivor, dies at 100
Robert Erly, a retired Navy rear admiral (upper half) who was a decorated survivor of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, died July 31 at a hospital in San Diego. He was 100.
View ArticleWilliam McIlwain Jr., former Newsday editor, novelist
William Franklin McIlwain Jr., a former Newsday editor and novelist who wrote eloquently about racial tension and desegregation in the Deep South, has died.
View ArticleWalter Goehring, Fred's Diner owner, dies at 80
Walter F. Goehring, the former owner of Fred's Diner in Huntington who in his younger days was known as an excellent short-order cook at the family-style establishment, has died. He was 80.
View ArticleRobert G. Wright, former Suffolk police detective, dies at 78
Robert G. Wright, with his signature coifed hair and dapper style, embodied confidence no matter the occasion: from the dance floor, a la Fred Astaire, to the streets as a Suffolk County police...
View ArticleAllen Krietsch, former World War II POW and volunteer, dies at 90
With the ranks of the 130,000 American GIs captured during World War II dwindling fast, Allen Krietsch worked to help those still alive these 69 years after the fighting stopped.
View ArticleCharles T. Payne, President Barack Obama's great-uncle, dies at age 89
CHICAGO -- Charles T. Payne, a World War II vet and great-uncle of President Barack Obama who was briefly in the public eye during his nephew's first presidential bid, has died.
View ArticleDotty Lynch, political pollster who later worked for CBS News, dies at 69
WASHINGTON -- Dotty Lynch, who became a leading authority on the concerns and political attitudes of American women, first as one of the earliest female pollsters to advise presidential campaigns and...
View ArticleRichard O. Cohen, of Brothers 3 Pools, dies at 83
Richard O. Cohen, a longtime Massapequa resident who owned a Long Island swimming pool business, died Sunday from complications caused by pancreatitis. He was 83.
View ArticleDonald Goodman, professor and anti-violence advocate, dies at 81
Donald Goodman, a longtime philosophy and sociology professor, musician and anti-violence advocate, died July 21 in his St. James home after a battle with diabetes and pancreatic cancer. He was 81.
View ArticleSophie Masloff, Pittburgh's first female mayor, dies at 96
Sophie Masloff, who rose from a tax clerk to become Pittsburgh's first female mayor, died yesterday. She was 96.
View ArticleLawrence Kaplan, World War II vet, dies at 98
Lawrence J. Kaplan, a World War II veteran and longtime Manhasset resident, died Aug. 5 at North Shore University Hospital in Manhasset of a heart-related disease. He was 98.
View ArticleEroni Kumana, who saved John F. Kennedy during World War II, dies at 93
On a moonless summer night in 1943, a Japanese destroyer tore through a U.S. Navy patrol-torpedo boat guarding the waters around the Solomon Islands. The boat was PT-109, skippered by a young...
View ArticleEx-Rhode Island congressman Fernand St Germain, who helped deregulate savings...
A man who represented Rhode Island in Congress for 28 years and co-sponsored a 1982 bill that deregulated savings and loans has died. Fernand St Germain was 86.
View ArticleHenry G. Reinhardt, former OB-GYN at Glen Cove Community Hospital, dies at 88
Henry G. Reinhardt, a former obstetrician and gynecologist at Glen Cove Community Hospital and a longtime resident of Westbury, died Aug. 10 of complications from lymphoma at The Amsterdam at...
View ArticleHerodotus 'Dan' Damianos, LI wine pioneer, founder of Pindar
Herodotus "Dan" Damianos, a child of Greek immigrants who overcame an impoverished childhood in Hell's Kitchen to start Pindar, one of Long Island's largest and oldest vineyards, has died.
View ArticleCorey Griffin, ALS Ice Bucket Challenge key figure, dies at 27
Corey Griffin, a former Bain Capital manager who raised more than $100,000 for the ALS Association in the past week through the Ice Bucket Challenge, was killed in a diving accident. He was 27.
View ArticleJohn Akers, IBM CEO during shift from mainframes to PCs, dies at age 79
John Akers, CEO at International Business Machines Corp. for eight years during the company's struggles to adapt its dominance in mainframes to the personal-computer era, has died. He was 79.
View ArticleEnrique Zileri, led Peru newsmagazine
LIMA, Peru -- Enrique Zileri, who as longtime director of Peru's leading newsmagazine defied despotism and battled corruption with stubborn independence, died yesterday at age 83.
View ArticleHarold Tiernan, banking executive and history buff, dies at 66
A defining quality of Harold F. Tiernan, a retired banking executive, was his perseverance in the face of adversity, his sister recalled Monday, including the devastating quickness of the illness that...
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