Bob Montgomery dies; songwriter, producer was 77
Bob Montgomery, a songwriter and producer who wrote hits for pop and country artists from Buddy Holly to Eddy Arnold, has died.
View ArticleJeremy Thorpe, former British political leader, dies at 85
Jeremy Thorpe, an influential British politician who helped revive the Liberal Party before his career was cut short by scandal, died on Thursday. He was 85.
View ArticleNikolai Vasenin dies; Russian fought with French resistance in WWII
Nikolai Vasenin, a Russian who fought in the French resistance during World War II, died yesterday at age 95, the Tass news agency reported.
View ArticleIan Player, conservationist who helped save white rhino, dies at 87
Ian Player, a South African conservationist credited with bringing the white rhinoceros back from the threat of extinction and who was an early promoter of environmental awareness, including the idea...
View ArticleErnest Brace, civilian POW in Vietnam, dies at 83
Ernest Brace, a civilian who was captured during the Vietnam War while flying supplies for the CIA and who later tapped code through a wall to fellow prisoner John McCain, has died. He was 83.
View ArticleKen Weatherwax, played Pugsley on 'The Adams Family' TV series, dies at 59
Ken Weatherwax, who played the child character Pugsley on "The Addams Family" television series in the 1960s, has died. He was 59.
View ArticleRalph Baer, video game pioneer, dies at 92
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Ralph Baer, a video game pioneer who created both the precursor to "Pong" and the electronic memory game Simon and led the team that developed the first home video game console, has...
View ArticleNorman H. Dachs, top insurance lawyer, dies at 81
Norman H. Dachs, a top insurance law and no-fault lawyer and a founding partner of one of the oldest law firms in Nassau County, died of lung cancer Wednesday at Mercy Hospital in Rockville Centre.
View ArticleJane Freilicher dies; Hamptons artist was 90
Jane Freilicher, whose luminous still lifes and landscapes of East End Long Island made her one of the leading representational artists of postwar America, died Tuesday in Manhattan. She was 90.
View ArticleLouise Grasso Pluchinotta dies; North Babylon woman was 85
Louise Grasso Pluchinotta, whose name graces a media center at a Long Island school and whose joyful approach to life won her countless friends, has died.
View ArticleEngineer Stanley Millman, who worked on space missions, dead at 83
From a barren field in Florida a few miles from the John F. Kennedy Space Center, Plainview engineer Stanley Millman was an eyewitness to the world's most iconic and arguably important space mission.
View ArticleSy Berger of Rockville Centre, 91, creator of the modern-day baseball card
Sy Berger, who in 1952 created the modern-day baseball card died in his sleep at his Long Island home from natural causes, his family said.
View ArticleFrank C. LoGuidice, engineer who helped redesign White House in 1950, dies at 88
Frank C. LoGuidice, an engineer who helped design the 1950 reconstruction of the White House, has died.
View ArticleDodenhuff Green, pastor in Uniondale, Hempstead, dies at 99
Dodenhuff Green was so poor growing up in the Jim Crow era in South Carolina that one day when he saw a wealthy man dressed in a shirt and a tie he vowed he would dress well himself every day if he...
View ArticleMary Jane Genovese, 23-year librarian in East Meadow, dies
Mary Jane Genovese spent her life devoted to reading and sharing her love of books with children at the East Meadow Public Library. She died Oct. 8 at the age of 71.
View ArticlePhil Stern, award-winning photographer, dies at 95
LOS ANGELES -- Phil Stern, an award-winning photographer who lugged his camera into combat during World War II and later became known for candid shots of Hollywood stars, has died. He was 95.
View ArticleNorman Bridwell, illustrator for Clifford the Big Red Dog, dies at 86
Norman Bridwell, a soft-spoken illustrator whose impromptu story about a girl and her puppy marked the unlikely birth of the supersized franchise Clifford the Big Red Dog, has died at 86.
View ArticleGeorge L. Engelke Jr. dead, former bank executive was 76
Services were to be held Thursday morning for George L. Engelke Jr. of Garden City, former chairman, president and chief executive of Astoria Financial Corp., who died Saturday.
View ArticleJournalist Richard C. Hottelet, last of original 'Murrow's Boys,' dies at 97
HARTFORD -- Richard C. Hottelet, the last of the original "Murrow's Boys," the pioneering group of wartime journalists hired by CBS radio newsman Edward R. Murrow, has died. He was 97.
View ArticleBob Buhmann, triple national collegiate lacrosse titleholder from Seaford,...
Bob Buhmann was a champion. The Seaford native and MacArthur High School alum won three national collegiate lacrosse titles. But, it was the final one for which the goalie is most remembered.
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