Lynn Manning dies; blind poet, actor and athlete was 60
LOS ANGELES -- After a stranger blinded him with a gunshot to the face at a Hollywood bar, Lynn Manning never thirsted for revenge. He had a life, after all.
View ArticleMaryan Stevens dies; wife of former Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens...
WASHINGTON -- The wife of retired Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens has died.
View ArticleJack Williams dies; environmentalist and Centre Island mayor was 88
Jack Williams, a former Centre Island mayor and leading environmentalist who helped prevent development along the coast of Oyster Bay, has died. He was 88.
View ArticleLillian Rosen, former Suffolk County crossing guard, dead at 94
For 16 years, Lillian Rosen of Melville worked as a Suffolk County Police crossing guard, standing in the middle of Route 110 directing traffic and then going home to care for her children.
View ArticleLara Sobel, Long Island-born social worker, dead at 48 after Vermont shooting
Lara Sobel, a Long Island native who taught Israeli dance in her spare time, was a social worker committed to helping Vermont families in need, according to those who knew her.
View ArticleHorseman John Nerud, founding member of Breeders' Cup, dies at 102
Age was just a number to John Nerud, a giant in thoroughbred racing who remained active in the sport after celebrating his 100th birthday. This past winter, a few weeks before Nerud turned 102, a horse...
View ArticleHelen Mata Gugerty, longtime school nurse who served in WWII, dead at 89
As World War II raged on, Helen Mata Gugerty wanted to help with the war effort, so she applied to and was accepted into the U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps, setting off a career that included working with...
View ArticleBishop Rogelio Livieres Plano dies; bishop in Paraguay ousted by Pope Francis...
A former bishop in Paraguay who was ousted by Pope Francis amid controversies in his diocese has died of problems related to diabetes.
View ArticleAnn McGovern dies, author of 'Stone Soup' and other children's books was 85
Ann McGovern, the author of more than 50 children's books that illuminated fables, history, the animal kingdom and other arcana and exotica for young readers, died last Saturday at her home in New York...
View ArticleJessie C. Saladino dies; widow of NY Supreme Court justice Joseph J. Saladino...
Jessie C. Saladino, who always ensured her family put their best foot forward, died of natural causes Friday at St. Joseph Hospital in Bethpage. She was 82.
View ArticleNicholas Vogel, WWII fighter pilot, dies at 92
Nicholas C. Vogel, a decorated World War II veteran who went on to become a successful accountant, teacher and lawyer, died from complications following a fall in March. He was 92.
View ArticleJerome G. Miller dies; reformer of juvenile justice in U.S. was 83
Jerome G. Miller, a psychiatric social worker who had once considered joining the Catholic priesthood, set out in 1969 as commissioner of Massachusetts' youth services department to fix state...
View ArticleSupercentenarian Goldie Steinberg, Long Islander believed to be oldest living...
Goldie Steinberg of Long Beach, who had achieved the status of oldest living Jewish person in the world, has died at the age of 114, her family said.
View ArticleBob Johnston dies; Nashville music producer was 83
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- Music producer Bob Johnston, who played a key role in landmark recordings like Bob Dylan's "Blonde on Blonde" and Johnny Cash's "At Folsom Prison," is being remembered as a maverick...
View ArticleJulia Wasserman dies, nine-term House member from Connecticut was 91
HARTFORD -- Former veteran Rep. Julia Wasserman of Newtown, who escaped Nazi Germany as a girl, has died at the age of 91.
View ArticleNew York sportswriter, mentor Bernie Beglane dies at 88
Longtime New York-area sportswriter Bernie Beglane, who founded the athletic administration program at St. John's University, died Wednesday at his home in Hampton Bays after a battle with cancer. He...
View ArticleFrank Bradford, WWII veteran, Freeport insurance agency founder, dead at 91
Frank Bradford did a lot to put the awfulness of combat behind him when he came home from World War II.
View ArticleRichard Hartman, 'mad genius of police labor negotiations,' dies at 75
Richard Hartman, a gregarious math savant who negotiated lucrative Long Island police contracts in the 1970s and served a federal prison sentence for a kickback scheme involving city police unions, has...
View ArticleRobert T. Kreiling dies; second Suffolk Community College president was 85
Robert T. Kreiling, Suffolk County Community College's second president, who helped the school develop into a three-campus institution that is now the largest in the state system, has died in Florida...
View ArticleHarry Ostro, World War II veteran who parachuted into Normandy during D-Day,...
Darel Ostro said he once asked his father, Harry Ostro, a former paratrooper with the Army's 101st Airborne Division, whether he liked jumping out of planes during World War II.
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