| Corrections |
| The Dec 30 obituary for Dr Reinald Leidelmeyer gave an incorrect first name It is Reinald, not Ronald (more) |
| Shirley Sweeney, 77; was hearth of Yankee Craftsman business |
| Customers arriving at Yankee Craftsman in Wayland had to choose between two doors at the point where the house ended and the shop began Behind one door lay the antique lights the Sweeney family restored The other led to Shirley Sweeney's kitchen ' (more) |
| Bill Parker; Frame Shop and Gallery Owner |
| Bill Parker, 65, a former chief framer at Mickelson's Fine Art Framing who took over the venerable Washington frame store and gallery and then started his own gallery, died Dec 15 at his home in Mason Neck He had atherosclerotic heart disease (more) |
| Jane Iris Crutchfield, 92; Elementary School Librarian |
| Jane Iris Crutchfield, 92, a librarian at Patrick Henry Elementary School in Arlington County from 1960 until her retirement in the late 1970s, died of cardiopulmonary failure Dec 10 at her home in McLean (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Richard Ellis Smith, 71, who worked with the Army Corps of Engineers for 47 years and was a fixture in local community theater, died Nov 26 of cancer at his home in Rockville (more) |
| John R. Frizzell, 86; 'the Flying Father' |
| John R Frizzell Jr , 86, an ordained Episcopal priest who became executive officer of the Washington diocese and a barnstorming biplane enthusiast often called "the Flying Father," died Dec 12 at Goodwin House retirement home in Alexandria after a (more) |
| Obituary: Saddam Hussain |
| Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussain was executed for crimes against humanity on Saturday He is survived by three daughters and a son (two deceased) Saddam was born Saddam Hussain al Tikriti on April 28, 1937, in Al Awja, near Tikrit The Sunni (more) |
| Philip Kirchberg: 1912 - 2006 |
| December 31, 2006 A third generation Chicago jeweler, Philip Kirchberg had a keen eye for stunning pieces, whether broaches, engagement rings or necklaces But his true gift was in helping those who came to his store choose memorable gifts for tho (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Elaine Louise Victor Buckman, 84, who worked as a secretary at Montgomery College until retiring in 1987, died Dec 24 at her home in Potomac (more) |
| Obituary: Saddam Hussein |
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| Gen. Hugh Richeson; Served in Three Wars |
| Hugh Anthony Richeson, 89, a retired brigadier general in the Army who served in three wars, died after a heart attack Nov 20 at the Gardens at Fair Oaks assisted living community in Fairfax County (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Mary Smith Wright, 80, a Montgomery County elementary school crossing guard for more than 30 years, died after a heart attack Dec 14 at her home in Kensington (more) |
| SUNSET, SUNRISE - / Farewells of 2006 The Bay Area said goodbye to so many |
| The greatest measure of a life is the impact it had on others and the legacy it leaves One need not be famous to leave an indelible mark Indeed, the most extraordinary lives often are led by the most ordinary people And so a man who helped end the (more) |
| CORRECTION |
| The Dec 22 obituary of Margery Taylor Ware incorrectly listed her first name as Margaret It also gave an incorrect date for her husband's death Robert W Ware died three days after her Nov 22 death (more) |
| Jean Jacques Couturier, 79; Union Organizer, Professor |
| Jean Jacques Couturier, 79, a union organizer, civil service reformer and university professor before retiring as executive director of the Senior Executives Association in Washington, died Dec 7 at Lancaster Regional Medical Center in Lititz, Pa (more) |
| Oliviero G. Capello, 86; Diplomat |
| Oliviero Giuseppe Capello, 86, a retired Italian diplomat, died Dec 22 of complications from pneumonia at Georgetown University Hospital He lived in the District (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Andrew James "Andy" Lampe, 73, a retired government relations manager with the 3M Co , died Nov 19 at the National Lutheran Home in Rockville after a heart attack as a result of an earlier traumatic brain injury (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Annette H Chappell, 91, who for many years lived abroad as a wife of a Foreign Service officer before working as a reference librarian in Montgomery County, died of congestive heart failure Nov 28 at her home in North Hills, Calif (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Leo Daniel Sullivan II, 86, a chemical engineer who retired from the Energy Department, where he did declassification work related to the development of nuclear weaponry, died Nov 16 at George Washington University Hospital after bladder surgery th (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Milton Kaufman, 95, a senior foreign trade statistician with the Census Bureau who helped devise the country's method to measure international trade balances, died of cardiovascular disease Dec 9 at the Hebrew Home of Greater Washington in Rockvill (more) |
| Outspoken Lawyer Ellis Rubin, 81 |
| Ellis Rubin, 81, a Miami lawyer with an affection for the disenfranchised and a outsized knack for publicity in the tradition of P T Barnum, died of cancer Dec 12 at his home (more) |
| Bert Powers; Typographers Union President Led Months-Long Strike |
| Bertram A "Bert" Powers, 84, the president of the old typographers union in New York who led his guild through a grinding 114 day strike in 1962 63 over the transition to automated typesetting, died Dec 23 at the Washington Home hospice He had pn (more) |
| John Heath-Stubbs, 88; British Poet and Translator |
| John Heath Stubbs, a British poet and translator who used classical mythology as an inspiration for his verse, died Dec 26 He was 88 (more) |
| Dorothy Emilie Hilbert: 1925 - 2006 |
| December 31, 2006 Though she was never a pilot, Dorothy Emilie Hilbert shared her husband's passion for aviation and was a tireless volunteer for 35 years at the Experimental Aircraft Association's annual AirVenture convention and fly in in Oshkos (more) |
| Jerry Berns, 99; Former Owner of NY's 21 Club |
| Jerry Berns, the affable host to New York's rich and famous during a half century connection with the celebrated 21 Club, died Thursday, restaurant officials said He was 99 (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Harris John "Doc" Hulburt, 79, a systems analyst with Honeywell, died Dec 18 at his home in Statesville, S C He had complications from Alzheimer's disease (more) |
| Mukund Shah, 69; Was a Supervisor With Patent Office |
| Mukund Shah, 69, a former supervisory patent examiner with the U S Patent and Trademark Office, died Dec 10 of end stage renal failure at his home in North Potomac He had lived in the Washington area since 1961 (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Robert Kenneth Gillispie, 83, a retired contracting officer with the Air Force's Office of Scientific Research in Arlington County from 1951 to 1980, died Dec 7 at Southern Maryland Hospital Center in Clinton after a heart attack (more) |
| Ed Tyler, 42; Choreographer's Works Pushed Boundaries |
| Ed Tyler, 42, an innovative Washington choreographer and dance teacher who reached for new modes of expression through movement, died Nov 8 at his home in Mount Rainier He had bipolar disorder and committed suicide by asphyxiation (more) |
| Obituaries |
| James Keith "Jim" Stitcher, 65, a certified public accountant who owned Stitcher, Regan, Mosley & Co LLC, in Edgewater, died Dec 6 at Washington Hospital Center after heart surgery (more) |
| Richard W. Wilson, 84; World War II Veteran, Journalist |
| Richard Warren Wilson, 84, a former newspaper journalist who worked as a government speech writer and program analyst, died of cancer Nov 28 at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital He lived in Gaithersburg (more) |
| One-Pocket Pool Player Goes From Hustling to Hall of Fame |
| In his 73 years, Melvin 'Strawberry' Brooks was many things an Army veteran, an operator of after hours social clubs, a ladies man with at least nine children, an unpredictable but often loyal friend, a criminal twice jailed on drug related charge (more) |
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| Marmian Royen; Republican Activist |
| Marmian Williams Tharp Royen, 79, a Republican activist and an indefatigable volunteer, died of respiratory failure Dec 4 at Georgetown University Hospital (more) |
| - The second city |
| Photo Gallery Related Stories Here in the nation's second largest market, a phrase the NFL has forced us to commit to memory, we have a saying that the nation needs to learn, because this was us in 2006: We're No 2! Take a look at our sport (more) |
| Lt. Edward H. Berry: 1922 - 2006 |
| December 31, 2006 Lt Edward H Berry's job frustration stemmed from the fact that he was a little too good at breaking up mob rackets As second in command of the Chicago Police Department's Intelligence Unit in the 1960s, Mr Berry's main focus (more) |
| Animator Joseph Barbera; Created Yogi Bear, Other Beloved Cartoons |
| Joseph Barbera, 95, who with his partner, William Hanna, created some of the most enduring and beloved animated characters to enliven American film, television and conversation, died Dec 18 at his home in Los Angeles (more) |
| Virginia 'Ginger' Worthington, 60; Advocate for Organic Produce |
| Virginia Wilson "Ginger" Worthington, 60, a nutritionist whose research suggested that organic produce is more nutritious than conventional food, died Nov 27 of breast cancer at her home in Washington (more) |
| In a Battle Over D.C. Policy, Muslim Firefighter Fought For the Rights of |
| During downtime at the Brentwood fire station, Tarick Ali played with D C firefighters in every sports game going, but especially basketball On the court, he carried the nickname "chin checker" a man unafraid to make contact, especially with tr (more) |
| Al Shugart, 76; Was Silicon Valley Pioneer |
| Al Shugart, 76, who pioneered the multibillion dollar computer hard drive industry and was one of the more colorful characters of Silicon Valley, died Dec 12 at California's Community Hospital of the Monterey Peninsula of complications from heart s (more) |
| Sen. Robert Stafford, 93; Dedicated to Education |
| Former Vermont senator Robert Stafford, a staunch environmentalist and champion of education whose name is familiar to countless college students through a loan program named for him, died Dec 23 He was 93 (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Richard Carlson, 45, author of the best selling "Don't Sweat the Small Stuff," died Dec 13 on a flight from San Francisco to New York after an apparent heart attack (more) |
| Uri Dan, 71; Israeli Journalist and Sharon Confidant |
| Uri Dan, 71, a veteran Israeli journalist and close confidant of former prime minister Ariel Sharon, died Dec 24 in Tel Aviv He had lung cancer (more) |
| Wilma Dykeman, 86; Author Took Cue From Her Heritage |
| Wilma Dykeman, 86, who chronicled the people of Appalachia and the land that shaped them in 18 novels and nonfiction books, died Dec 22 in her home town of Asheville, N C She fractured a hip two months ago (more) |
| Kenneth F. Murphy, at 54; made family his life's focus |
| Nine years ago, Kenneth F Murphy left home to attend a convention in Chicago a few days before his son's high school football team was scheduled to play in a Super Bowl Because Mr Murphy's work often took him out of town, his son Scott didn't exp (more) |
| Obituary | A life of confrontation |
| For all his 69 years, Saddam Hussein defied death Born to poverty, he endured beatings as a boy As a young rebel he tried to assassinate an Iraqi leader, was wounded and managed to escape And as Iraq's dictator for more than two decades, he ma (more) |
| Gerald R. Ford, 93, Dies; Led in Watergate's Wake |
| Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr , 93, who became the 38th president of the United States as a result of some of the most extraordinary events in U S history and sought to restore the nation's confidence in the basic institutions of government, has died His (more) |
| Martha Tilton, 91; Swing-Band Vocalist And '40s Solo Artist |
| Martha Tilton, 91, a glamorous blond singer of the big band era called "Liltin' Miss Tilton" for her easy mannered vocals and the last surviving star of Benny Goodman's landmark 1938 swing concert at Carnegie Hall, died Dec 8 at her home in Los Ang (more) |
| Obituaries |
| John William "Bill" Branner, 81, a founder, president and chairman of the board of Jubilee Housing Inc , a nonprofit social services and affordable housing provider, died of cancer Dec 23 at Inova Mount Vernon Hospital He had lived in the Mount Ve (more) |
| Martin Nodell, 91; Created Comic Book Hero Green Lantern |
| Martin Nodell, 91, the creator of Green Lantern, the comic book superhero who uses his magical ring to fight crime, died Dec 9 at a nursing home in Muskego, Wis (more) |
| Ted Cron, 76; Editor, Public Affairs Executive, Koop Speechwriter |
| Theodore O "Ted" Cron, 76, who created three magazines during a 25 year career as a public affairs executive at six federal agencies, died Dec 20 at his home in Somerset He had amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease (more) |
| Hector Santa Anna; WWII Bomber Pilot |
| Hector Santa Anna, a bomber pilot who flew 35 sorties during a 17 week blitz over Germany during World War II and 127 missions in the Berlin airlift, and who later taught hundreds of pilots to fly before retiring as an Air Force lieutenant colonel, (more) |
| Bud Delp; Hall of Fame Trainer of Spectacular Bid |
| Grover G 'Bud' Delp, 74, a National Racing Hall of Fame trainer who conditioned Spectacular Bid, a steel gray streak he called 'the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle,' died of liver cancer Dec 29 at his home in Ellicott City Elected to (more) |
| Gus Johnson; Prominent N.Va. Democrat |
| Augustus C "Gus" Johnson, 92, who died of sepsis Dec 14 in Richmond, knew what the first paragraph of his obituary would say, and he didn't like it (more) |
| Obituary: Saddam Hussain |
| Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussain was executed for crimes against humanity on Saturday He is survived by three daughters and a son (two deceased) Saddam was born Saddam Hussain al Tikriti on April 28, 1937, in Al Awja, near Tikrit The Sunni (more) |
| Joan Worth: 1934 - 2006 |
| December 31, 2006 Joan Worth, an artist who became a theatrical writer producer in her later years, died Dec 8 She was 72 The widow of writer producer Marvin Worth, she carried on his work in furthering the legacies of comedian Lenny Bruce and b (more) |
| Bud Delp; Hall of Fame Trainer of Spectacular Bid |
| Grover G "Bud" Delp, 74, a National Racing Hall of Fame trainer who conditioned Spectacular Bid, a steel gray streak he called "the greatest horse to ever look through a bridle," died of liver cancer Dec 29 at his home in Ellicott City (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Eva Milagros Jamias Carr, 72, a homemaker with an interest in politics and world affairs, died Nov 25 of a heart attack at Sibley Memorial Hospital She was a longtime resident of the District (more) |
| Jay McShann; Helped Shape Kansas City Jazz, Blues Sound |
| Jay McShann, whose robust, blues flavored style of jazz piano helped shape the Kansas City sound of the 1930s, and who launched the career of jazz great Charlie Parker, died Dec 7 at St Luke's Hospital in Kansas City, Mo He was admitted to the ho (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Edward Carl Belefski, 89, who worked for the American Petroleum Institute from the late 1940s to 1970s and retired as assistant treasurer, died Nov 12 at Inova Alexandria Hospital of complications from a stroke (more) |
| Jean D. Linehan; Developed Family-Oriented Workplace Policies |
| Jean Dinwoodey Linehan, 76, who launched a number of workplace initiatives on child care and other family issues while working at the Bureau of National Affairs Inc , died Dec 13 of cardiac arrest at Suburban Hospital She was a lifelong resident o (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Marmaduke Hussey, 83, who was board chairman of the BBC from 1986 to 1996 and positioned the media company for the digital era, died Dec 27, it was reported from London No cause of death was provided (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Leo M Rishty, 77, a Washington area clothier, died of congestive heart failure Dec 10 at his home in Rockville (more) |
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| SADDAM HUSSEIN: 1937-2006 - Peasant who was president for life |
| Saddam Hussein, the tyrant who oppressed Iraq for more than 30 years, unleashing devastating regional wars and reducing his once promising oil rich nation to a claustrophobic police state until the U S military toppled him, was hanged early this mor (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Francis E Reidy Sr , 87, who was superintendent of the photo engraving department at The Washington Post in the 1960s and '70s, died of melanoma Nov 27 at Civista Medical Center in La Plata (more) |
| Newspaper Circulation Director Tony Mineart |
| Tony Mineart, 47, a former circulation director at The Washington Post and a mentor to many in the profession, died Dec 25 of pancreatic cancer at his home in Bradenton, Fla He was a former resident of Mason Neck (more) |
| Frank Breazeale, 95; D.C. Police Officer |
| Frank V Breazeale, who went from being a beat police officer to one of the first commanders of the D C police Special Operations Division, died Dec 12 of pneumonia at Laurel Regional Medical Center He was 95 (more) |
| ER Medicine Pioneer Reinald Leidelmeyer |
| Dr Reinald Leidelmeyer, 82, a Fairfax doctor who was a pioneer in the nationwide effort to establish emergency medicine as a specialty, died Dec 20 of complications from prostate cancer at Inova Fairfax Hospital (more) |
| Anthony Mondello; Worked for Rights of Federal Employees |
| Anthony Louis Mondello, 87, who as general counsel of the U S Civil Service Commission from 1968 to 1975 helped to make federal workplace rules more compatible with a changing society, died Dec 7 at Carriage Hill of Bethesda of complications from (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Louis Rowe, 78, former president of Bank of Bethesda, died Dec 1 of myelodysplasia, a bone marrow disorder, at his home in Rockville (more) |
| Navy Captain, Executive William L. Bennett Jr., 85 |
| William Leo Bennett Jr , 85, a retired Navy captain who was commanding officer of the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown during the Pueblo crisis, died Nov 27 at Falcons Landing retirement community in Potomac Falls He had congestive heart failure (more) |
| George Springer Sr.; Led Teachers Union After Scandal |
| George C Springer Sr , 74, a longtime American Federation of Teachers official who came to Washington in 2003 to help restore the credibility of a local union caught up in a public corruption scandal, died of cancer Dec 19 at a hospital in New Bri (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Nora Davis Burton, 88, a Washington area volunteer and the wife of a Marine Corps officer, died Dec 14 of ovarian cancer at her home in Fairfax City She had lived in Northern Virginia since 1959 (more) |
| Marelyn Tank, 91; Worked For Democratic Causes |
| Marelyn Tank, 91, past president of the Woman's National Democratic Club, died of pneumonia Dec 12 at Washington Home hospice She was a District resident (more) |
| Grismond Davies-Scourfield; British Brigadier in WWII |
| Brigadier Grismond "Gris" Davies Scourfield, 88, who won a Military Cross for his part in the Allied defense of Calais during World War II and later escaped from the Nazis holding him prisoner in the notorious Colditz Castle, died Nov 20, it was re (more) |
| Otto Kundert, 88; Musician, CIA Analyst and Teacher |
| Otto Robert Kundert, 88, a musician and retired analyst with the Central Intelligence Agency, died Dec 10 of coronary artery disease at his home in Winchester (more) |
| Jared Nathan, at 21; former cast member of PBS's 'Zoom' |
| HOLLIS, N H Jared Nathan, a former cast member of the PBS children's television show 'Zoom,' died Thursday after a car crash He was 21 Mr Nathan, who lived in Nashua, was a third year acting student at the Juilliard School in New York, friends (more) |
| Marjorie Arundel, 104; Conservationist Fought Illegal Bulb Harvesting |
| Marjorie S Arundel, 104, who became active in flora and fauna conservation efforts worldwide and was an effective advocate of ending an illegal harvesting of bulbs in Asia Minor, died Dec 18 at her home in The Plains, a Fauquier County town near W (more) |
| Lamar Hunt; Son of Tycoon Invested in Many Sports |
| Lamar Hunt, 74, founder and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League, a founder of the American Football League and a savvy businessman who coined the name "Super Bowl," died Dec 13 of prostate cancer at Presbyterian Hospital (more) |
| One-Pocket Pool Player Goes From Hustling to Hall of Fame |
| In his 73 years, Melvin "Strawberry" Brooks was many things an Army veteran, an operator of after hours social clubs, a ladies man with at least nine children, an unpredictable but often loyal friend, a criminal twice jailed on drug related charg (more) |
| Elizabeth Bolden, 116; Considered World's Oldest Person |
| Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden, recognized as the world's oldest person, died Dec 11 in a Memphis nursing home where she had been living for several years She was 116 (more) |
| Jazz, Swing Clarinetist Kenny Davern, 71 |
| Kenny Davern, 71, a clarinetist and soprano saxophonist who became an acclaimed torchbearer of traditional jazz and swing, died Dec 12 at his home in Sandia Park, N M , after a heart attack (more) |
| George W. Dietrich III, 45; Portrayed Ringo Starr In a Beatles Tribute Ba |
| George Washington Dietrich III, 45, a drummer and founding member of the Invasion, a Beatles tribute band, died of a gunshot wound to his head at his home in Las Vegas His death was ruled a suicide (more) |
| CORRECTION |
| The Dec 16 obituary of Virginia Wilson Worthington incorrectly stated that she received her bachelor's degree from the University of Maryland It was from George Washington University (more) |
| Underneath the Engine's Roar, The Beating of a Gentle Heart |
| Two bikers, Rocky and Tank, roared up to a karaoke bar in Ocean City in about 1996 They dismounted and walked in, dressed in full motorcycle leathers (more) |
| Ahmet Ertegun; Helped Found Atlantic Records |
| Ahmet Ertegun, 83, who helped define American music as the founder of Atlantic Records, a label that popularized the gritty R&B of Ray Charles, the classic soul of Aretha Franklin and the British rock of the Rolling Stones, died Dec 14 at New York (more) |
| Herman Rebhan, 86; World Labor Leader |
| Herman Rebhan, 86, a retired general secretary of the Geneva based International Metalworkers' Federation, died Dec 16 at the Washington Home nursing unit He had complications of Lewy body disease, a degenerative brain disorder (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Nora Lee Sheppard, 98, a homemaker who was president of her residents' association, died of respiratory distress Dec 4 at Cherrydale Health and Rehabilitation Center in Arlington, where she lived (more) |
| Konstantin Simis; Critic Of Soviet Corruption |
| Konstantin Simis, 87, a Moscow lawyer whose manuscript about corruption in the Soviet Union cost him his career, his academic degrees, his apartment and his homeland, died Dec 14 at his home in Falls Church He had Parkinson's disease (more) |
| Waters Ally Van Smith; Films' Doyen of Dirt |
| Van Smith, 61, a costume designer and makeup artist who died Dec 5 at his home in Marianna, Fla , after a heart attack, was the "resident 'ugly expert' " on John Waters's films He gave actors fake pimples and pocks, outfitted them in lentil filled (more) |
| Marion Myers; Teacher, Figure at Bowie State |
| Marion Tama Rieras Myers, 90, an elementary school teacher in New Orleans and Baltimore before retiring from teaching in Bowie, died Dec 21 of complications of Alzheimer's disease in the nursing unit at Maplewood Park Place Senior Living Community (more) |
| Saparmurat Niyazov; Turkmenistan Dictator |
| MOSCOW, Dec 21 Saparmurat Niyazov, who wove a bizarre and gilded cult of personality into dictatorial rule as president for life of the energy rich former Soviet republic Turkmenistan, died early Thursday He was 66 and had heart disease (more) |
| Cecil Travis; Washington Senators Legend |
| Cecil Travis, a sweet swinging infielder with the Washington Senators in the 1930s and '40s, whose stellar career was interrupted by World War II, died Dec 16 of congestive heart failure at his farm in Riverdale, Ga He was 93 and was one of the ol (more) |
| Donald Allen; Washington News Anchor In '60s, '70s |
| Donald Charles Allen, 78, a television anchorman in Washington during the 1960s and early 1970s, died of brain trauma dementia Nov 23 at Inova Fairfax Hospital (more) |
| J.B. Hunt, 79; Truck Driver Built Transportation Empire |
| Johnnie Bryan Hunt Sr , 79, a former truck driver who founded one of the nation's largest trucking companies, died Dec 7 at Northwest Medical Center in Springdale, Ark , after hitting his head on ice in a fall Saturday (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Charles J Bonanno Jr , 67, a certified public accountant who was an audit manager with the Government Accountability Office from 1966 until his retirement in 1997, died of cancer Nov 20 at his home in Burke (more) |
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