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| Pablo Heising -- 'mayor of Haight' |
| Pablo Heising was one of those unique San Franciscans who loved his corner of the city with a passion that was a marvel to his thousands of friends He ran the Haight Street Fair for 29 years They called him the mayor of Haight Street, and when he d (more) |
| Anne Ophelia Todd Dowden, 99, Artist, Dies |
| Ms Dowden was a renowned and popular botanical artist whose subjects ranged from the flowers found in Shakespeare to the weeds found in New York City (more) |
| Screenwriter A.I. 'Buzz' Bezzerides |
| A I "Buzz" Bezzerides, 98, a novelist who became a Hollywood screenwriter best known for post World War II film noir classics such as "Kiss Me Deadly," "On Dangerous Ground" and "Thieves' Highway," died Jan 1 at the Motion Picture & Television Hos (more) |
| Richard C. Ronovsky: 1921 - 2007 |
| January 16, 2007 Through 16 years of service on the La Grange Park Village Board, Richard C Ronovsky pushed to make athletic and educational programs available to village youths The former minor league baseball player strongly believed in the va (more) |
| Elkan R. Blout, 87, Scientist at Harvard and Polaroid, Dies |
| Elkan R Blout was a biochemist and top science administrator at Harvard whose career ranged from color film developing to sharpening research standards at the F D A (more) |
| Edward Pawelek: 1926 - 2007 |
| January 16, 2007 Edward Pawelek, a neighborhood barber in Chicago for 39 years and a Navy veteran of World War II, was known to family members as 'Fast Eddie' for his ability to think on his feet 'He earned the nickname because he could always co (more) |
| Renee Garrelick; captured Concord past and present |
| Boston born Ephraim Wales Bull developed the Concord grape in 1849 on his farm outside Concord So, when the Concord post office received a letter addressed to him in recent years, it knew exactly where to forward it: They delivered it to the home o (more) |
| Dr. Robert E. Nyquist: 1928 - 2007 |
| January 16, 2007 Loved ones say that above all else, Dr Robert E Nyquist stressed the importance of education 'His No 1 motto was, 'Get an education!'' said his daughter Nancy Powell 'He saw it as the single most important thing you could do (more) |
| Harvey Cohen: 1951 - 2007 |
| January 16, 2007 LOS ANGELES Harvey Cohen, an Emmy Award winning composer and orchestrator who created music for films and TV shows including 'Dallas' and 'Sex and the City,' has died He was 55 Mr Cohen died Sunday afternoon after a heart att (more) |
| 'Sneaky' Pete Kleinow -- film effects artist, Flying Burrito guitarist |
| In one, he helped animate the green clay character Gumby and designed special effects for 'Star Wars ' In the other, he played guitar with John Lennon, Joni Mitchell and Billy Joel, to name a few, and opened for the Rolling Stones at Altamont as the (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Mary Jane Capretti Braunberg, 42, a bank manager, died of cancer Jan 11 at her home in Rockville (more) |
| Michael A. Scannapieco | Lawyer, 51 |
| Michael A Scannapieco, 51, of Broomall, a lawyer and Mummers enthusiast, died Thursday of cancer at home For 20 years, Mr Scannapieco maintained a general law practice in Media, specializing in insurance law He continued to work even while battli (more) |
| [Obituary] Davao's 'Pomelo King' passes away at 85 |
| Monday, January 15 2007 @ 06:14 PM GMT Provincial Davao's famous 'Pomelo King,' industrialist Franscisco Dizon, passed away Sunday at St Luke's Medical Center in Quezon City due to emphysema He was 85 years of age Dizon or 'Don Paco' as he was (more) |
| Edward H. Jeffries | Biology teacher, 87 |
| Edward H Jeffries, 87, who distinguished himself as an Army medic during World War II and afterward had a long career as a Philadelphia high school biology teacher, died Jan 6 of multiple organ failure at home in the Northeast A 1937 graduate of (more) |
| Lawrence F. Skibbie: 1932 - 2007 |
| January 16, 2007 When Lawrence F Skibbie first made general in 1978, his father, Gus, had a few thoughts on the subject Gus Skibbie, a high school teacher who became mayor of Bowling Green, Ohio, told a local reporter he deserved some credit for (more) |
| Richard I.G. Jones, lawyer, equestrian |
| Richard I G Jones, 68, of Doe Run, Chester County, a lawyer, equestrian and community activist, died Thursday of cancer at Christiana Hospital in Wilmington Mr Jones was a litigator with the firm of Prickett, Jones & Elliott in Wilmington until hi (more) |
| Bradford Washburn, Explorer, 96, Dies |
| Bradford Washburn was an explorer and cartographer who, as director of the Museum of Science in Boston, led a landmark mapping of the Grand Canyon (more) |
| Allan Pred -- social scientist who focused on geography's insights |
| Allan Richard Pred, a social scientist who transformed UC Berkeley's geography program and became one of the field's fiercest and most prolific scholars, died of lung cancer last Friday at Alta Bates Medical Center in Berkeley He was 70 Professor P (more) |
| Donald G. Katz, 50, dental surgeon |
| Donald G Katz, 50, a dental surgeon known for his skills in cosmetic dentistry and for putting patients at ease, died Sunday near his Richboro home Dr Katz, who was being treated for depression, fatally shot himself in his car, his family said Dr (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Robert J Riley, 80, a Catholic priest and former Navy chaplain who retired at the rank of captain, died Dec 28 at George Washington University Hospital He had head injuries after a fall Dec 8 (more) |
| GSA Manager Malcolm Richardson |
| Malcolm Lee "Rich" Richardson, 77, a retired government manager who took his interest in history and anthropology to what some might consider extreme lengths, died of multiple organ failure Dec 15 at Reston Hospital Center (more) |
| Alice Coltrane -- jazz performer |
| (01 16) 04:00 PST Los Angeles Alice Coltrane, the jazz performer and composer who was inextricably linked with the adventurous musical improvisations of her late husband, the legendary saxophonist John Coltrane, has died She was 69 Ms Coltrane (more) |
| Samuel J. Gorlitz, 89; Started Investment Trust |
| Samuel J Gorlitz, 89, who started Federal Realty Investment Trust, a real estate investment trust whose portfolio includes shopping centers and residential property nationwide, died Jan 5 at his home in Bethesda He had pneumonia and Parkinson's d (more) |
| John Simpson; Nuclear Power Executive at Westinghouse |
| John W Simpson, 92, a Westinghouse executive and electrical engineer who became an early figure in the development of nuclear power for sea and space propulsion, as well as electric power generation, died Jan 4 at Hilton Head Regional Medical Cent (more) |
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