Former Adelphi president Peter Diamandopoulos dies at 86
Peter Diamandopoulos, the former president of Adelphi University who sought to turn the Garden City school into an elite institution before he was fired for lavish personal spending and...
View ArticleBradford W. O'Hearn, former Newsday reporter, county official, dies at 73
Bradford W. O'Hearn, the bald, bearded and often acerbic Newsday political reporter who later became top spokesman for former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin amid a county fiscal crisis in the...
View ArticleDavid Laventhol dead at 81, innovative prize-winning publisher and former...
David Laventhol, a former editor and publisher of Newsday -- under whose tenure the suburban newspaper branched out into New York City and won journalism's top prize several times for its coverage...
View ArticleJerry Cusack, Babylon Carriage House restaurateur, dies at 56
Jerry Cusack, a leading figure in Long Island's hospitality industry for 35 years and owner of the historic Babylon Carriage House, a restaurant that helped spur downtown renewal, has died. He was 56.
View ArticleDan Farrell dies; photographer of iconic JFK Jr. image was 84
Dan Farrell, the New York Daily News photographer who snapped the iconic photo of 3-year-old John F. Kennedy Jr. saluting his father's coffin in 1963, died Monday morning at Mercy Medical Center in...
View ArticleBarbara Strauch, former Newsday and New York Times editor, dies at 63
Unquenchable curiosity led Barbara Strauch to delve into science's biggest mysteries -- and then explain these discoveries in clear and compelling language that transfixed even laymen.
View ArticleJohn Plunkett Lundergan, former Freeport police officer, dies at 66
He is described as a guy who had his hand in every pot. He was a lacrosse coach, a police officer, a police union president, a Chamber of Commerce president, a proud Irishman and mentor who shepherded...
View ArticleCecelia Ludlam dies; 'Rosie the Riveter' to her family was 91
Cecelia Ludlam was never one for sitting still.
View ArticleJohn S.T. Gallagher dies; 1st chief executive of North Shore-LIJ was 83
John S.T. Gallagher, formerly of Setauket, who was instrumental in forming the North Shore-Long Island Jewish Health System and was its first chief executive, has died.
View ArticleNassau County sports historian Jack White dies at 70
Jack White, often known as Jake, was a familiar figure on the sidelines, at the scorer's table or in the press box for nearly every Garden City High School football, boys basketball and boys lacrosse...
View ArticleElizabeth Stoothoff Miller dies, family's LI history traces to 1600s
As a child, Elizabeth Stoothoff Miller galloped on horseback across 195 acres of her family's New Hyde Park farm.
View ArticleSteve Byrnes dead; NASCAR broadcaster was 56
Longtime NASCAR on Fox Sports TV broadcaster Steve Byrnes, who waged a difficult and public battle with cancer over the last two years, died Tuesday, April 21, 2015. He was 56.
View ArticleRichard B. Setlow dies; Brookhaven National Laboratory biophysicist was 94
Richard B. Setlow of East Quogue, a biophysicist at Brookhaven National Laboratory internationally known for his research on DNA damage and repair, died April 6 of cardiac failure. He was 94.
View ArticleFred Gordon dies; longtime health system pharmacist from Farmingdale was 70
After nearly a half-century of pharmaceutical work on Long Island, Fred Gordon seemed to know every single pharmacist.
View ArticlePeter Andrew Bruce dies; Nassau's former deputy commissioner of general...
Peter Andrew Bruce, a former deputy commissioner of general services for Nassau County, left his home country in the 1950s and traveled to the United States aboard the original Queen Mary.
View ArticleSylvester (Les) Kane, former Uniondale school bus driver and firefighter,...
Sylvester (Les) Kane, 69, a former Uniondale school bus driver and firefighter, and a Vietnam Army veteran, died from heart failure at his home in Richmond, Maine, on April 14.
View ArticleJoseph D. Loney, pilot and engineer, dies at 66
Joseph D. Loney may have seemed to have a daredevil streak -- from guiding his Cessna through the clouds to scuba diving in underwater caves 150 feet deep.
View ArticleBernice Cohen Waldbaum, widow of one of Waldbaum's founders, head of...
Bernice Cohen Waldbaum, whom family called a headstrong woman ahead of her time and the not-so-silent partner in one America's most storied grocery store chains, has died. She was 87.
View ArticleDr. Renato Giorgini dies; leader in podiatric medicine was 71
A leader and innovator in the field of podiatric medicine. A dedicated teacher and mentor to physicians in training. A loving family man. An esteemed colleague.
View ArticleJim Fanning dies; Montreal Expos executive was 87
Jim Fanning, the longtime Montreal Expos executive who managed the franchise to its only playoff appearance in Canada, has died. He was 87.
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