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| THEODOR KOLLEK: 1911-2007 - 6-term mayor of Jerusalem championed city, harm |
| (01 03) 04:00 PST Jerusalem Theodor Kollek, the irrepressible champion of this volatile city during a nearly three decade tenure as mayor that spanned war, uprising and shifting demographics, died Tuesday He was 95 Kollek, known universally as (more) |
| Working-Class Fiction Writer Tillie Olsen, 94 |
| Tillie Olsen, 94, a chronicler of the working class whose few published works included some of the most critically acclaimed stories in modern American literature, died Jan 1 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, (more) |
| Political Scientist Seymour Lipset, 84; Studied Democracy and U.S. Culture |
| Seymour Martin Lipset, 84, a leading scholar of democracy and one of the most influential social scientists of the past half century, died Dec 31 at Virginia Hospital Center of complications of a stroke (more) |
| Charles J. Ferrero | Bank executive, 69 |
| Charles Joseph Ferrero, 69, of New Hope, a retired bank vice president, died of Lewy body disease, a form of Parkinson's disease, Dec 25 at Buckingham Valley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center A native of Pittsburgh, Mr Ferrero earned a bachelor's (more) |
| GERALD R. FORD: 1913-2006 - NATION'S LEADERS PAY FINAL TRIBUTE - Ford eulog |
| (01 03) 04:00 PST Washington The nation's capital paused Tuesday to pay tribute to former President Gerald R Ford, a man whose ambition was to become speaker of the House of Representatives but who became the nation's 38th president instead The (more) |
| Tillie Olsen, Feminist Writer, Dies at 94 |
| Tillie Olsen?s short stories, books and essays lent a heartfelt voice to the struggles of women and working class people (more) |
| Paek Nam Sun, 78, North Korean Diplomat |
| Paek Nam Sun, 78, the North Korean foreign minister who had been his country's top diplomat since 1998, has died, the country's official media reported Jan 3 (more) |
| Aletha Roberts-Niles; nurse was active in church |
| After she was diagnosed with leukemia in August and hospitalized in October, Aletha 'Lee' Roberts Niles continued to use the skills she had honed during her career to help others, befriending and mentoring the young staff attending to her 'When she (more) |
| Seymour Martin Lipset, Sociologist, Dies at 84 |
| Seymour Martin Lipset was a pre eminent sociologist, political scientist and incisive theorist on American uniqueness (more) |
| Robert W. Leonard: 1932 - 2006 |
| January 4, 2007 As chairman of the River Corridor Committee in St Charles, Robert W Leonard spearheaded efforts to beautify and transform the banks of the Fox River The shoreline rehabilitation project was started in 1991 The committee, an (more) |
| Itche Goldberg, Yiddish Advocate, 102, Dies |
| Itche Goldberg was a champion of Yiddish who wrote and edited and taught his beloved language in the face of all those who said keeping Yiddish alive was a lost cause (more) |
| Heartfelt farewells as Ford is laid to rest - Family, friends bury former p |
| (01 04) 04:00 PST Grand Rapids, Mich Gerald R Ford's family and closest friends laid the former president to rest beside a fast flowing river in the heart of a city that adored him During the last stretch of a somber week of benedictions, an (more) |
| Melvin J. Ehrin | Musician and humorist, 79 |
| Melvin J Ehrin, 79, of Collegeville, a musician and humorist, died of complications from heart failure Thursday at St Agnes Hospice in Philadelphia For 38 years, Mr Ehrin performed his 'Fun With Music' and 'Concert to Comedy' one man acts at reso (more) |
| Obituary: Seymour Martin Lipset, theorist on American uniqueness |
| Obituary: Seymour Martin Lipset, theorist on American uniqueness Published: January 4, 2007 Add to Clippings Text Size Seymour Martin Lipset, who ignored family pressure to become a dentist and instead became a pre eminent sociologist, politi (more) |
| Paek Nam Sun, 78, North Korean Diplomat |
| Paek Nam Sun, 78, the North Korean foreign minister who had been his country's top diplomat since 1998, has died, the country's official media reported Jan 3 The one sentence dispatch did not provide more details, including when or how he died But (more) |
| Transportation Company Owner George J. Joseph, 87 |
| George Jay Joseph, 87, whose 1974 takeover of the Yellow Cab Co of Baltimore led him to build a suburban transportation empire, died of complications from multiple myeloma and spinal stenosis Jan 1 at Suburban Hospital He was a Chevy Chase reside (more) |
| Joseph P. Gavin Jr. | Floodplain expert, 59 |
| Joseph P Gavin Jr , 59, of Abington, an expert in floodplain management with the Army Corps of Engineers, died of melanoma Saturday at home Mr Gavin joined the Federal Emergency Management Agency in 1978 and later joined the Army Corps of Engineer (more) |
| Garry Betty, 49; Directed Internet Firm EarthLink |
| Garry Betty, 49, EarthLink Inc 's chief executive, who built the Internet service provider from a start up and guided it through the Internet boom and bust, died Jan 2 at his home in Atlanta He had cancer (more) |
| Garry Betty, 49, Chief of the Internet Provider EarthLink, Dies |
| Garry Betty built EarthLink from a struggling start up into a public company that took on telecommunications giants (more) |
| Dale B. Puriefoy | Social Security worker, 66 |
| Dale B Puriefoy, 66, of Yeadon, a retired Social Security Administration employee and community volunteer, died of an apparent heart attack Dec 28 at home Mr Puriefoy suffered brain damage at birth His parents, Betty and Carson, ignored doctors' (more) |
| Political Scientist Seymour Lipset, 84; Studied Democracy and U.S. Culture |
| Seymour Martin Lipset, 84, a leading scholar of democracy and one of the most influential social scientists of the past half century, died Dec 31 at Virginia Hospital Center of complications of a stroke Dr Lipset first explained the connection bet (more) |
| Tim Tobias: 1952 - 2006 |
| January 4, 2007 Tim Tobias was still a student at Niles West High School when he got his start as a professional musician and went on to tour with pop stars such as Sister Sledge and write and arrange music for Chicago theater and television Mr (more) |
| Working-Class Fiction Writer Tillie Olsen, 94 |
| Tillie Olsen, 94, a chronicler of the working class whose few published works included some of the most critically acclaimed stories in modern American literature, died Jan 1 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at Kaiser Hospital in Oakland, (more) |
| Teddy Kollek Dies at 95; Led Jerusalem |
| Teddy Kollek served as mayor from 1965 to 1993 and worked to develop the city as Israel?s capital and unite its two halves (more) |
| Bud Delp, 74, Who Trained Derby Winner Spectacular Bid, Is Dead |
| Bud Delp was the Hall of Fame thoroughbred trainer who saddled the brilliant colt Spectacular Bid, the winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1979 (more) |
| Itche Goldberg, 102; writer, publisher worked to keep Yiddish alive in US |
| WASHINGTON Itche Goldberg, a Polish born Jew who became a fixture in the communist struggle of the 1920s and 1930s and later emerged as a writer, editor, publisher, and teacher of Yiddish language and culture, died of cancer Dec 27 in his New Yo (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Mary O'Connor Cotter, 92, a nurse and a former president of the faculty wives club at Catholic University, died of respiratory failure Dec 30 at Hillhaven Nursing Center in Adelphi (more) |
| NEWS ANALYSIS - Pallbearers reflect GOP's shift from Ford center to Reagan |
| (01 03) 04:00 PST Washington The honorary pallbearers who walked slowly up the aisle at Washington National Cathedral on Tuesday at the funeral of former President Gerald Ford were as familiar as when they served the 38th president, symbolizing (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Lawrence Franklin Skibbie, 74, a retired Army lieutenant general whose assignments included deputy commander for research, development and acquisition of the Army Materiel Command, died Dec 10 at his home in Arlington County He had cancer (more) |
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