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ALL NEWS SOURCES: LIFE STORIES
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Angelo Errichetti dies; ex-Camden mayor was Abscam figure |
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Angelo J. Errichetti, 84, a former Camden mayor and state senator who was South Jersey's premier Democratic power broker in the decade before his 1981 bribery conviction in the Abscam scandal, has died after a long illness. He had been living in Ventnor, N.J.
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Arthur Henshey Moss, 82, lawyer |
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Arthur Henshey Moss, 82, of Wayne, who practiced law in Philadelphia for 40 years, died Thursday, May 9, of complications from pneumonia at his home.
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Ken Venturi, Golf Champion and Broadcaster, Dies at 82 |
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Mr. Venturi won the 1964 United States Open, nearly collapsing from heat exhaustion. He later became a chief golf analyst for CBS Sports, where he worked for 35 years.
 
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Kennett Love, Times Correspondent in 1950s, Dies at 88 |
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Mr. Love was in Iran in 1953 when the C.I.A. plotted against the government, and he also reported on the Suez Canal crisis of 1956.
 
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Albert Seedman, Former Chief of Detectives in New York, Dies at 94 |
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Mr. Seedman was the New York Police Department’s chief of detectives for only 13 months, but he helped modernize and restructure the way detectives and patrol officers did their jobs.
 
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Taylor Mead, Bohemian and Actor, Dies at 88 |
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Mr. Mead collaborated with Andy Warhol in the 1960s to make several curious films.
 
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Jorge Rafael Videla, Argentina Military Leader in ‘Dirty War,’ Dies at 87 |
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General Videla was serving a life sentence for abuses in a campaign of political killings and forced disappearances during Argentina’s so-called Dirty War.
 
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James M. Smith Jr., teacher in S. Jersey |
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James M. Smith Jr. was not just a good quarterback.
He was a championship quarterback at Collingswood High School and a record-setting quarterback at Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, his son Andrew, a lawyer for players on the Eagles, said Thursday.
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Edward J. Meyer, longtime executive |
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Edward J. Meyer, 75, an executive who once hawked toothpaste for Bristol-Myers and went on to manage how Sun Refining Co. marketed gasoline and A-Plus mini-marts, died Tuesday, May 14, of complications from cancer.
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Jabez T. Austin Jr., 73, postal supervisor and Air Force veteran |
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A man of many opinions, he wrote his thoughts and ideas in a journal he hoped would make a book.
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Carolyn Schildgen, 1946-2013 |
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Spanish teacher 'brought the entire world into her classroom'
Spanish teacher Carolyn Schildgen spent her entire teaching career at Highland Park High School encouraging her students to not only study the language but the cultures around the world where it was spoken.
  
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Frederic Franklin, Inventive Ballet Star, Dies at 98 |
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Mr. Franklin, a British-born dancer and ballet master who performed into his 90s, was known for his stylistic versatility and inexhaustible energy.
 
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Joel A. Miele Sr., 78, Giuliani’s Environmental Commissioner, Dies |
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Mr. Miele, an engineer, presided over an agency that in the 1990s undertook major initiatives to safeguard New York City’s water supply.
 
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Human Rights Watch advocate Cynthia Brown dead at 60 |
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(Reuters) - Cynthia Brown, who played a key role for Human Rights Watch for almost two decades, has died after a battle with cancer, the global advocacy group said. She was 60 years old.
  
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Dick Trickle, Ex-Nascar Driver, Dead at 71 |
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Mr. Trickle’s penchant for fun won him legions of fans despite a lack of success beyond the nation’s small tracks.
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George Layng Pew Jr., 77, Yale fund-raiser, volunteer |
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George Layng Pew Jr., 77, of Villanova and Boothbay Harbor, Maine, a dedicated fund-raiser and volunteer for Yale University, died Wednesday, May 8, of a heart ailment at his Main Line home.
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Betty Bauerle, first in family to go to college, stressed value of education to 6 children |
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 As a teacher and a mother of six, Betty Bauerle always emphasized the importance of aneducation, both for her students and her children.
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Geza Vermes, Dead Sea Scrolls Scholar, Dies at 88 |
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Dr. Vermes, one of the scrolls’ essential translators, wrote several books that placed Jesus in the tradition of Jewish teachers.
 
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Roland Price Sharpe Jr., 70, West Philadelphia newsstand operator and busy handyman. |
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He loved to tinker, built his own CB radio, and lovingly worked on his pride and joy, a 1955 Chevy.
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Thomas C. Bernhardt, leader of pharmacists |
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Thomas C. Bernhardt, 64, of Mount Laurel, president of the New Jersey Pharmacists Association in 1989-90, died of a heart attack on Monday, May 13, at his home.
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Joan F. Jaffe, 74, known for paintings |
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Joan Fineman Jaffe, 74, a longtime resident of Huntingdon Valley, died of cancer Sunday, May 12, at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J.
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James Godshalk, chemical engineer |
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James Bond Godshalk, 98, of Lower Makefield Township, a chemical engineer and inventor, died Friday, May 3, at Chandler Hall Hospice in Newtown, Bucks County.
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Richard Swanson | World soccer trekker, 42 |
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Richard Swanson, 42, a Seattle man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles to Brazil in time for the 2014 World Cup, died Tuesday after being hit by a pickup truck on the Oregon coast.
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Dr. Paul Jorden, 1927-2013 |
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Longtime Wheaton orthopedic surgeon spent year in Kenya as a medical missionary
As a teenager, Paul Jorden cared for his cancer-stricken mother, leading her to suggest he become a doctor because of his bedside manner.
  
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Thomas M. Messer, Guggenheim Museum Director, Dies at 93 |
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Mr. Messer’s charm and diplomacy attracted donations of major collections and his leadership helped established the Guggenheim among the world’s great museums of modern art.
 
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Jan Fleming, ran family produce business, 1946-2013 |
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Jan Strube Fleming was an office manager at her family's Chicago produce business, Strube Celery and Vegetable Co., when her husband suffered a back injury and she was called on to fill in for him in sales.
  
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John LaMontaine, Composer, Dies at 93 |
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Mr. LaMontaine, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1959 and composed music for the Kennedy inauguration, had taken and passed a stockbrokers’ exam to support his career.
 
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Robert Lindgren, 89, Ballet Dancer and College Dean, Is Dead |
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Mr. Lindgren appeared with major American ballet companies before becoming the founding dean of the influential dance program at the North Carolina School of the Arts.
 
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Chuck Muncie, Troubled N.F.L. Star, Dies at 60 |
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Mr. Muncie blended speed and power to become one of the N.F.L.’s leading running backs of the late 1970s and early ’80s, but his career was cut short by drug abuse.
 
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Bob Sickinger, 86, Father of Chicago’s Theater Scene |
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Mr. Sickinger believed that theater wasn’t presented to a community but arose from it, and that was the model he followed in Chicago.
 
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USA Today founder Al Neuharth says goodbye on video at his memorial |
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Melbourne, Fla. — USA Today founder Al Neuharth posthumously addressed mourners at his Florida memorial service Tuesday with a video he taped before his death last month.
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Billie Sol Estes, Texas Con Man, Dies at 88 |
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Mr. Estes’s life captured America’s imagination, with its tales of business scams, political payoffs, covered-up killings and White House conspiracies.
 
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Dr. Robert H. MacNerland, 1924-2013 |
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Obstetrician was like an 'old-fashioned country doctor'
Dr. Robert H. MacNerland decided to become a doctor while in Europe with the Army during World War II, when he provided technical assistance to medical personnel in mobile units.
  
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Kenneth Battelle, Hairdresser to the Stars, Dies at 86 |
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Mr. Battelle, often called the first celebrity hairdresser, defined the styles of famous names like Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe and Jacqueline Kennedy.
 
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Dr. Joyce Brothers, Psychologist Who Dispensed Advice to Millions, Dies at 85 |
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Dr. Brothers arrived at the exact historical moment when cold war anxiety, a greater acceptance of talk therapy and the widespread ownership of television sets converged.
 
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Popular psychologist Joyce Brothers dead at 85 |
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 Los Angeles — Joyce Brothers, the pop psychologist who pioneered the television advice show in the'50s and enjoyed a long and prolific career as a syndicated columnist, author, and television and film personality, has died. She was 85.
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Calvin R. Sutker, 1923-2013 |
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Cook County Board member, Skokie trustee and Democratic committeeman
As a Cook County Board commissioner, Calvin R. Sutker gained support from his fellow county commissioners to bring the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center to Skokie. As a Skokie village trustee, he helped pass the first open housing law in Illinois.
  
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Jack Butler, Undrafted Hall of Famer, Dies at 85 |
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Mr. Butler, who in nine seasons with the Steelers intercepted 52 passes, was a first-team all-N.F.L. player three times and was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2012.
 
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Steelers Hall of Famer Jack Butler dies at 85 |
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 Pittsburgh — Jack Butler, who helped revolutionize the way cornerbacks played in the NFL during his Hall of Fame career with the Pittsburgh Steelers, died Saturday after a lengthy battle with a staph infection. He was 85.
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Jacqueline Brookes, Actress, Dies at 82 |
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In a 60-year career, Ms. Brookes appeared in films and on television but drew her widest notice for performances in stage productions of Shakespeare, Pirandello and Edward Albee.
 
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Dean Jeffries, Car Customizer and Painter, Dies at 80 |
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Mr. Jeffries was a virtual one-stop shop in the world of custom cars, and created the Monkeemobile and the “Bikini Beach” Mantaray.
 
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Dispatch: Alice E. Kober, 43; Lost to History No More |
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An unknown language in an unknown script, and the forgotten woman who found the key to deciphering it.
 
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Al Fritz, Inventor of the Sting-Ray Bike, Dies at 88 |
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Mr. Fritz designed a rugged, compact bicycle, recognizable by its banana seat and high handlebars, which Schwinn sold in the millions.
 
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George M. Leader, Ex-Governor of Pennsylvania, Dies at 95 |
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Mr. Leader’s upset 1954 victory for the governorship of Pennsylvania was credited to his television advertising campaign, one of the earliest in American politics.
 
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Alan Abelson, Barron’s Columnist and Editor, Dies at 87 |
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Mr. Abelson was an editor and a columnist at Barron’s magazine who delivered sharp and influential commentary on the stock markets.
 
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Troubled Life in Malcolm X’s Shadow Comes to a Violent End |
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Malcolm Shabazz, the grandson of Malcolm X, died in Mexico City on Thursday night after spending much of his life seeking to make peace with his own past and that of his famous family.
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Alyne Payton, 1926-2013 |
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Mother of late Bears superstar Walter Payton
Long before her famous son, Walter Payton, became known to millions as "Sweetness," Alyne Payton was known as the original version.
  
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Dolores Jean Grey Reynolds: 1950-2013 |
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Revived Army & Lou's, ran South Side institution for 17 years
Dolores Jean Grey Reynolds worked to make her customers feel at home during the 17 years she owned and ran the venerable South Side restaurant Army & Lou's.
  
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Kris Kross rapper's funeral held in Atlanta |
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 Atlanta — Chris Smith remembered his Kris Kross hip-hop partner Chris Kelly on Thursday as a true friend who he's sure is in heaven now.
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Kevin K. Pierce, 1957-2013 |
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Architect specialized in green design
Kevin Pierce was an architect whose focus on the best use of resources made him a leader in green design and sustainable development.
  
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Patriarch of fashion brand Missoni dies in Italy |
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 Milan — Ottavio Missoni, the patriarch of the iconic fashion brand of zigzag-patterned knitwear that has added a classy touch of color and style to countless well-dressed women, died Thursday in northern Italy. He was 92.
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'Young and Restless' star Jeanne Cooper dies at 84 |
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 Los Angeles — Jeanne Cooper, the enduring soap opera star who played grande dame Katherine Chancellor for nearly four decades on "The Young and the Restless," has died. She was 84.
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Joseph J. Schroeder Jr., 1930-2013 |
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Glenview man explored the world via ham radio
Joseph J. Schroeder Jr. was a student at New Trier High School during World War II when a neighbor who was a radio operator in the Merchant Marine told him that if he took the school's course in radio code, he'd "never carry a rifle."
  
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Norma Reyes: 1956-2013 |
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Former Daley Cabinet official gave back to community, friends say
Norma Reyes, deputy chief of staff under former Mayor Richard M. Daley a decade ago, was commissioner of the city's Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection from 2004 until 2011.
  
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Special effects master Ray Harryhausen dies at 92 |
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 London — When Ray Harryhausen was 13, he was so overwhelmed by "King Kong" that he vowed he would create otherworldly creatures on film. He fulfilled his desire as an adult, thrilling audiences with skeletons in a sword fight, a gigantic octopus destroying the Golden Gate Bridge, and a six-armed dancing goddess.
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Longtime Detroit deputy police chief James Bannon, 84, dies |
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 After rising from a patrolman to second in command in his 45-year career with the Detroit Police Department, James Bannon shouldered many of the administrative duties and commanded respect throughout the ranks, even in the midst of an investigation into the police chief.
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Harold J. Muehlfelt, 1928-2013 |
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Wheaton man grew up moving houses
Harold J. Muehlfelt, an expert in the specialized field of moving houses and shoring up sagging structures, spent nearly 60 years with his family's business in Wheaton and was the president of Muehlfelt & Sons from the 1970s until the early 2000s.
  
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Longtime Detroit deputy police chief James Bannon, 84, dies |
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 After rising from a patrolman to second in command in his 45-year career with the Detroit Police Department, James Bannon shouldered many of the administrative duties and commanded respect throughout the ranks, even in the midst of an investigation into the police chief.
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Italy state TV: Ex-Premier Giulio Andreotti dies |
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Rome — Giulio Andreotti, Italy's former seven-time premier and a symbol of post-war Italy, died Monday at his home in Rome, Italian officials said. He was 94.
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Rabbi Reuven Frankel, 1930-2013 |
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Deerfield rabbi, cantor recorded Yiddish, Hebrew and liturgical music
Reuven Frankel never planned to become a rabbi. He had a beautiful, rich baritone that made him a natural as a cantor, or hazzan, the person who leads the congregation in singing prayers along with the rabbi.
  
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Report: Former Dow Jones exec William Cox Jr. dies |
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New York — Former Dow Jones & Co. executive William Cox Jr. has died at age 82, according to the Wall Street Journal.
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Railroad magnate built up company |
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William Johnson was a leading practitioner of the art of building a diversified industrial company, leveraging the assets of a Chicago-based railroad to acquire dozens of companies in industries ranging from manufacturing to muffler shops.
  
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Oldest concentration camp survivor dead at 107 |
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Vienna — An Austrian organization that tracks the fate of Nazi concentration camp inmates says the oldest known survivor of such a camp has died aged 107.
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Early Hollywood superstar Deanna Durbin dies at 91 |
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 Los Angeles — Deanna Durbin, a star whose songs and smile made her one of the biggest box office draws of Hollywood's Golden Age with fans that included Winston Churchill, has died.
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Henrietta Herndon Tweedie, 1923-2013 |
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Artist and instructor helped establish nature sites
Henrietta Herndon Tweedie, an artist and art instructor who published several books, saw subjects for her work everywhere she looked.
  
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Chris Kelly, of '90s rap duo Kris Kross, dies of possible drug overdose |
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 Atlanta — Chris Kelly, half of the'90s kid rap duo behind one of the decade's most memorable songs, "Jump," has died at an Atlanta hospital of an apparent drug overdose, authorities said. He was 34.
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Fred Reimann, 1928-2013 |
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Mount Prospect teacher helped kids fit in at his Wisconsin camp
Fred Reimann had just started his career as an elementary school teacher in Mount Prospect in 1955 when the opportunity to purchase Trump Lake Lodge, a private camp for boys in Wabeno, Wis., presented itself.
  
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David J. Maenza, photographer, 1933–2013 |
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David J. Maenza, a Chicago photographer, took countless photos for postcards and posters, corporate newsletters and calendars, books and brochures.
  
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Norbert Blei, 1935-2013 |
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Writer chronicled Chicago with the 'soul of a poet'
Though much of his writing — gritty, urban and urbane, filled with humanity and lively characters — ranks with the best ever published about Chicago, Norbert Blei spent the last four decades in the relative peace and calm of Door County, Wisconsin, teaching, painting and, as if he could have ever stopped, writing.
  
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Mary Agnes Lang, 1935-2013 |
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Tribune office manager started scholarship fund for students from single-parent homes
After raising five children on her own, Mary Agnes Lang understood the challenges of parenting without a partner, especially the difficulty of taking on college costs.
  
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John Vondruska, longtime Chicago broadcaster, 1959-2013 |
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Across nearly two decades on Chicago's TV and radio stations, John Vondruska showed his versatility as a broadcaster who could handle everything from general interest talk radio on WLS-FM to sports updates on WCKG-AM.
  
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Moses Harrison, 1932-2013 |
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Former chief justice of Illinois Supreme Court opposed death penalty
Former Illinois Supreme Court Justice Moses Harrison was a longtime foe of the death penalty.
  
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Earl Pionke, Earl of Old Town owner, 1932-2013 |
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North Side club helped launch folk famed singer-songwriters
Earl Pionke, whose storied Earl of Old Town club on the North Side helped launch the careers of folk singer-songwriters for decades, died Friday, April 26. He was 80.
  
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Doris Morency, 1932-2013 |
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Longtime hospital volunteer served with the Marines
Doris Morency enlisted in the Marines during the Korean War and was stationed at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
  
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Toshio Narahashi, 1927-2013 |
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Northwestern pharmacologist delved into neurotoxins
An internationally known pharmacologist, Toshio Narahashi headed the pharmacology department at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine for 17 years and was a tenured professor at the medical school for more than 35 years.
  
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George Jones, country superstar, has died at 81 |
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 Nashville, Tenn. — When it comes to country music, George Jones was The Voice.
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Ferdinand Nadherny, executive recruiter, 1926-2013 |
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Worked in Office of Economic Opportunity during Johnson administration
Ferdinand Nadherny helped create anti-poverty programs as a member of President Lyndon B. Johnson's administration and later started a Chicago office of the executive search firm Russell Reynolds Associates.
  
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