Roscoe Brown Jr., Tuskegee Airman and educator, dies at 94
Roscoe Brown Jr., a squadron commander in the legendary, all-black Tuskegee Airmen and an educator with an eye on civil rights, has died at age 94, his family said yesterday.
View ArticleLeland McLaughlin, fire captain and school coach, dies at 81
If there was one thing for certain about Leland "Lee" McLaughlin, it was that he wore many hats in his life.
View ArticleSister Mary W. Posthauer dead at 99; taught Spanish, dancing
A seemingly boundless love of education led Sister Mary William Posthauer of Amityville to learn Spanish and Swahili -- and line dancing.
View ArticleAbdul Sattar Edhi dead; legendary Pakistani social worker was 88
Pakistan's legendary philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, who devoted his life to the poor and the destitute, died Friday at a hospital in Karachi after a prolonged illness.
View ArticleJohn McMartin dead; Tony Award-nominated Broadway actor was 86
John McMartin, the versatile, gentlemanly Tony Award-nominated actor who starred on Broadway in such shows as "Follies" and "Sweet Charity," has died, according to his manager. McMartin was 86.
View ArticleCarl Haas dead; Newman-Haas Racing co-founder was 86
Finding Carl Haas in an IndyCar garage was a simple matter of looking for the man with the cigar. His name was just as easy to spot in the record books as well.
View ArticleEsther Cohen dies; longtime Bay Shore fitness icon was 99
Esther Cohen could never stay still.
View ArticleThomas Scully, 'warrior' who fought brain cancer, dead at 12
Thomas Scully was "a warrior" in fighting a rare form of brain cancer, his grandfather James Scully said.
View ArticleIrving and Charlotte Diton, husband and wife, die on same day
Irving and Charlotte Diton had a romance fit for the stage or the screen.
View ArticleThomas C. Krumpter, 76, dead; served 21 years as Nassau officer
Thomas C. Krumpter, a retired Nassau police sergeant and father of the department's acting commissioner, died in hospice after being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer about a month ago, according to his...
View ArticleJeannette M. Feminella dies; elementary school principal was 55
Jeannette M. Feminella, a teacher and school administrator who once danced on the roof of Commack Road Elementary School in Islip to encourage students to read, has died of cancer. The Bay Shore...
View ArticleFuneral held for Ex-Macy's exec Mark Handler, 83, of E. Hampton
On a sunny morning, Mark Handler could be found lounging by the pool at his East Hampton home -- his favorite spot to read the newspaper and gather himself for the day.
View ArticleVictor Maffei dies; played accordion at '76 GOP convention
Longtime Long Island musician and entertainer Victor ''Vic'' Maffei prepared for his engagements by dressing in a tuxedo with a frilly shirt and black bow tie and packing his accordion into his big...
View ArticleNYPD vet dead at 90; helped capture notorious robber
Donald P. Shea was a NYPD uniformed officer with two years on the job when he helped capture notorious bank robber Willie Sutton, on the FBI's Most Wanted List for stealing $2 million from more than...
View ArticleIslip counselor Barbara Redmond dies; helped the terminally ill
Barbara Redmond of Islip, who spent three decades counseling the terminally ill and their families, died peacefully this week, her family said. She was 71.
View ArticleVictoria Terenzi dies; Cold Spring Harbor teacher was 53
Whether it was helping students during her 31 years as a Long Island teacher, raising money for charity, running races, horseback riding or fighting the breast cancer that ultimately took her life,...
View ArticleSeymour Papert dead; MIT professor who connected children with computers was 88
Seymour Papert, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor who led an early campaign to revolutionize education with the personal computer, a tool he championed not as a classroom gadget but as...
View ArticleAlan N. Resnick dies; bankruptcy lawyer, Hofstra professor was 68
Alan N. Resnick, a bankruptcy law expert who taught at Hofstra University and mentored many in the legal profession over four decades, died of complications from multiple myeloma. He was 68.
View ArticleEx-chairman of MTA dead at 80; was former CIA operative
Robert Kiley, the fifth and longest-serving chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, died Tuesday at his Chilmark, Massachusetts, home from complications of Alzheimer's disease, relatives...
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