Sandra Lee Graydon Ashby, longtime Hempstead educator, dead at 72
Sandra Lee Graydon Ashby, an award-winning civic activist and retired Hempstead principal who began as an education assistant in the late 1960s and rose through the ranks, has died of cancer.
View Article'The Queen of Beale Street' dead; Memphis singer Ruby Wilson was 68
MEMPHIS, Tenn. -- Ruby Wilson, the blues, soul and gospel singer known as "The Queen of Beale Street," died Friday, her manager said. She was 68.
View ArticlePhysicist Martin Schaden dies at 60; taught at NYU, Rutgers
A top theoretical physicist, Martin Schaden, 60, of Rockville Centre mastered esoteric concepts but never overshadowed others, instead delighting in his family, students and travels.
View ArticleNancy Meade dies at 99, was longtime Great Neck community leader
Nancy Meade, who grew up on a Kings Point estate as the daughter of a caretaker and became an influential community leader in Great Neck as the wife of a judge and town supervisor, has died at age 99.
View ArticleThomas Haynes dead at 86; was ad exec, award-winning artist
Thomas Haynes was all about creating things.
View ArticleGordon Danby dead at 86; helped invent magnetic levitation train
As a physicist who specialized in magnet technology, Gordon Danby helped invent the first superconducting magnetic levitation train and was integral in some of the most significant MRI advancements.
View ArticleHarry Briggs Jr. dead; was at center of school desegregation lawsuit
Harry Briggs Jr., who as a young boy was at the center of a lawsuit that culminated with the U.S. Supreme Court outlawing segregated public schools, has died. He was 75.
View ArticleArthur Hiller dead; director of hugely popular 'Love Story' was 92
Arthur Hiller was "an integral part of one of the most important experiences of my life," Ali McGraw, star of the 1970 film, said in a statement.
View ArticleTeacher Marion Williams-Gregory dead at 88; was pioneering educator
Marion Williams-Gregory, the first black tenured teacher in Suffolk County, died July 22 at the age of 88, her family said.
View ArticleGen. John Vessey dead; former chairman of joint chiefs was 94
Retired Army Gen. John W. Vessey, who rose through the ranks in a 46-year military career to become chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and help oversee President Ronald Reagan's military buildup,...
View ArticleJack Riley dead; 'The Bob Newhart Show' actor was 80
Jack Riley, who played a counseling client on "The Bob Newhart Show" and also voiced a character on Nickelodeon's animated "Rugrats," died Friday.
View ArticleBrian Carey dead at 47; Newsday pressman had 'inner drive'
When Brian Carey was in the eighth or ninth grade his father wasn't too happy about a report card.
View ArticleWesthampton couple killed in LIE crash remembered as caring, giving
For many among several hundred mourners in Westhampton Beach, Isidore Adelson was like the "mayor" of the community and The Hampton Synagogue where he worshipped, and his wife Helen was like the first...
View ArticleSonia Rykiel dead; French designer, 'queen of knitwear,' was 86
Sonia Rykiel, a French designer dubbed the "queen of knitwear" whose relaxed sweaters in berry-colored stripes and eye-popping motifs helped liberate women from stuffy suits, has died.
View ArticleAlexander Polli dead in wingsuit crash; BASE jumping pioneer was 31
Alexander Polli, a skydiver and pioneer in BASE jumping, died after a wingsuit crash in the French Alps.
View ArticleWarren Hinckle dead; muckraking journalist was 77
Warren Hinckle, a muckraking journalist who drew the wrath of mayors, police or anyone who got in his way, has died, his daughter said.
View ArticleFrank Doddato dead at 67; was longtime lawyer, Nassau judge
Former Nassau Third District Court judge Frank Doddato was fond of describing himself as "just a boy from Brooklyn."
View ArticleJim Hardin dead; Secret Service agent who protected LBJ was 80
Jim Hardin, a Secret Service agent who protected President Lyndon B. Johnson and his family during and after their White House years, has died in Texas.
View ArticleHoracio Salgán dead; Argentine tango composer, musical pathbreaker was 100
Horacio Salgán, an Argentine tango composer and pianist who helped broaden the vocabulary of his musical form and became one of the genre's most influential and revered maestros, died Aug. 19 in...
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