Wes Craven, director of 'Nightmare on Elm Street,' 'Scream' films, dies at 76
Wes Craven, the filmmaker who launched two of the horror genre's most enduring franchises, "A Nightmare on Elm Street" and "Scream," died after a long battle with brain cancer. He was 76.
View ArticleRobert Weschler, taught at Waldorf School for 60 years, dies at 89
Robert Weschler for decades taught hundreds of students at the Waldorf School of Garden City that the best ways of "getting your hands into the dirt" was through his classes of gardening, woodworking...
View ArticleJoan Collins, whose career as a nurse inspired her family, dies at 86
Joan Collins, who worked as a nurse at Coney Island Hospital and Nassau Hospital, died Aug. 26 at Clifton Springs Hospital in upstate New York. She was 86.
View ArticleEx-Assemb. Thomas J. Culhane, who probed Suffolk cops, dead at 87
Former Assemb. Thomas J. Culhane, who rose from the beat in the New York City Police Department to become a detective, lawyer and two-decade member of the state Commission of Investigation that probed...
View ArticleOldest survivor of San Francisco earthquake of 1906 dies at 113
Ruth Newman was just a child living on an outlying ranch when the Great San Francisco Earthquake of 1906 struck, but her memory of that day never faded, her daughter said.
View ArticleLeon Gorman, L.L. Bean's grandson and company leader, dies
Leon Gorman, a grandson of L.L. Bean who led a modernization and expansion of the outdoors retailer after the founder's death, died Thursday.
View ArticleAdrian Cadbury, British corporate governance leader, dies at 86
Adrian Cadbury, former chairman of Cadbury Schweppes and a leader in the field of best practices in corporate governance, has died. He was 86.
View ArticleGeorge A. Murphy, 92, of Seaford, judge, state senator and assemblyman, dies
George A. Murphy of Seaford, who served as a New York State Supreme Court justice, state senator and assemblyman, has died at the age of 92.
View ArticlePaul Sabatino, 93, pioneering Huntington Station businessman, dies
Paul Sabatino, a pioneering Huntington Station businessman who was part of Long Island's suburban boom after World War II, has died. He was 93.
View ArticleAvery Dennis Sr., ex-Shinnecock Indian Nation trustee, dead at 86
Avery Dennis Sr., a former trustee of the Shinnecock Indian Nation known as "Chief Eagle Eye," died Saturday of heart failure, his family said. He was 86.
View ArticleAccounting firm founder Sebastian A. Albrecht dies at 98
Sebastian A. Albrecht, whose decades-long business career included founding a major local accounting firm, has died. The former Farmingdale resident, who was living in a Holbrook assisted-living...
View ArticleEdward S. Smith, 92, former Mineola mayor, business leader, dies
Former Mineola Mayor Edward S. Smith, a longtime community and governmental leader in North Hempstead and Nassau County, died Sunday at his lakefront home in Winsted, Connecticut, after being bedridden...
View ArticleGaylord Shaw, 73, former Newsday Washington bureau chief, Pulitzer Prize...
Pulitzer Prize winner and former Newsday Washington bureau chief Gaylord Shaw rose from his start as a 13-year-old sportswriter to cover some of the nation's most tumultuous times, from being the first...
View ArticleMarine Cpl. Keith A. Miller, graduate of East Islip High, dead at 22
On Sept. 1, U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Keith Miller took his own life near Lake Martinez, Arizona, while on evening leave from the Marine base, said Staff Sgt. John Grigg.
View ArticleJoel Smith Lawson Jr., physicist descended from Smithtown founders, dead at 91
A St. James church graveyard will be the final resting place for a distinguished physicist whose ancestors established Smithtown and donated the 2 acres of church land where the burial will take place.
View ArticleCapt. Robert A. Moore, maritime pilot, dead at 67
Capt. Robert A. Moore, a respected maritime ship pilot who safely steered everything from giant oil tankers to aircraft carriers over a career that spanned nearly 50 years, died Aug. 15 at his home in...
View ArticleMario C. Buonpane Jr., longtime Huntington veterans advocate who worked on...
Mario C. Buonpane Jr., longtime chairman of the Town of Huntington Veterans Advisory Board and an engineer who worked on the lunar module in the Apollo space program for the Grumman Corp., died in...
View ArticleJudith Blankmeyer, who made a career teaching the hearing-impaired, dies at 58
Judith Blankmeyer of Lynbrook, a dedicated teacher of hearing-impaired students in Valley Stream's schools for 15 years, died at home of complications from cancer on Sept. 3.
View ArticleEinar Ingman, Medal of Honor recipient, dies at 85
Einar H. Ingman Jr., who received the Medal of Honor for "indomitable courage" during the Korean War after leading an attack on two machine-gun nests, despite life-threatening wounds from being shot in...
View ArticleJoe Kohn dies, big band drummer, ex-publisher in Long Beach was 93
From the post-World War II Catskill Mountains scene to modern-day Long Beach, Joe Kohn's big band endured it all.
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