Sarah Brady dies; gun control advocate was 73
On a late summer's evening in 1985, she called the National Rifle Association headquarters and left a blunt message: "My name is Sarah Brady, and you've never heard of me, but I am going to make it my...
View ArticleDavid Merklin, Freeport hobby shop owner, dies at 79
For more than 40 years, people of all ages flocked from throughout the East Coast to Dave's Hobby and Craft Shop in Freeport.
View ArticleWalter Channing Jr., 74, vintner and venture capitalist
Walter Channing Jr. was a man who recognized potential, be it in entrepreneurs looking to start businesses, winemakers or the hunks of trees that called to him to be sculpted into works of art.
View ArticleAnnette Zimmerman dies; 'volunteer caseworker' was 89
Annette Zimmerman quit her job to take care of her family, and that was when her work became family lore, from finding white shirts for World War II returnees to getting help for "people she met along...
View ArticlePeter Diamandopoulos dead; former Adelphi president was 86
Former Adelphi University president Peter Diamandopoulos, who was fired from the university after a 12-year tenure amid conflict of interest allegations and concerns about his lavish lifestyle and high...
View ArticleFormer 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 "Jack" Plunkett Lundergan II, 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 a mentor who...
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 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 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 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 ArticleJoseph D. Loney dies; pilot, engineer was 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 of America's most storied grocery store chains, has died. She was 87.
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