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| Danny Finegood | Hollywood prankster, 52 |
| Danny Finegood, 52, a prankster known for his creative alterations of the Hollywood sign, died of multiple myeloma last Monday at Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center, said his wife, Bonnie Mr Finegood's large scale wordplay was sometimes satirica (more) |
| Correction: Drinan obituary |
| WASHINGTON In some versions of a Jan 28 story about the death of the Rev Robert Drinan, The Associated Press reported erroneously that he was the only Roman Catholic priest elected as a voting member of Congress and that he wore the robes of his (more) |
| Emma Faust Tillman: 1892 - 2007 |
| January 30, 2007 HARTFORD, Conn Emma Faust Tillman, who was born to former slaves and lived to see 21 American presidencies, died at a nursing home four days after becoming the world's oldest known living person She was 114 Mrs Tillman, who (more) |
| Fredric T. Suss Sr., 91; Japanese War Crimes Prosecutor |
| Fredric T Suss Sr , 91, a lawyer who was the lead prosecutor in the 1946 Japanese war crimes trials on Guam, died Jan 26 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home in Potomac He was a former Chevy Chase resident (more) |
| In Connecticut, World?s Oldest Woman Dies at 114 |
| Born to former slaves in North Carolina, Emma Faust Tillman briefly held the title of the oldest person in the world (more) |
| Dr. Thomas Halsey Spencer: 1932 - 2007 |
| January 30, 2007 There probably aren't many people who practiced both metallurgy and break dancing, but Dr Thomas Halsey Spencer was one of them While working as a metallurgical development engineer in his 50s, Dr Spencer also was known to drag (more) |
| Glen Tetley, 80, Pioneering Choreographer, Dies |
| Mr Tetley?s pioneering fusion of ballet and modern dance challenged taboos and rattled purists but influenced major companies worldwide (more) |
| Art Fowler, 84, Who Coached for Yankees Again and Again, Is Dead |
| Art Fowler was George Steinbrenner?s sixth, ninth, 17th and 26th Yankees pitching coach in a turbulent baseball pairing with his often hired and fired manager and drinking buddy Billy Martin (more) |
| Robert Drinan Dies at 86; Pioneer as Lawmaker Priest |
| The Rev Robert F Drinan was the first Roman Catholic priest to become a voting member of Congress, and the first congressman to call for the impeachment of President Richard M Nixon (more) |
| John B. Parker | Art director, 85 |
| John B Parker, 85, of Blue Bell, a retired art director, died of liver failure Jan 2 at Abington Memorial Hospital Mr Parker grew up in South Philadelphia During World War II, he served in the Army as a bazooka gunner with the 79th Infantry in (more) |
| Obituaries |
| William H Everngam Jr , 90, a retired executive vice president with the Washington Board of Realtors, died Jan 16 of cardiopulmonary arrest and pneumonia at Suburban Hospital He was a Bethesda resident (more) |
| CORRECTION |
| A Jan 29 obituary of Robert Drinan gave the wrong number of former U S House members honored last year with the Congressional Distinguished Service Award There were four (more) |
| Emma F. Tillman, oldest at 114 |
| HARTFORD, Conn Emma Faust Tillman, who was born to former slaves and lived to see 21 American presidencies, died at a nursing home just four days after becoming the world's oldest known living person She was 114 Ms Tillman, who lived independen (more) |
| Fredric T. Suss Sr., 91; Japanese War Crimes Prosecutor |
| Fredric T Suss Sr , 91, a lawyer who was the lead prosecutor in the 1946 Japanese war crimes trials on Guam, died Jan 26 of complications from Alzheimer's disease at his home in Potomac He was a former Chevy Chase resident Mr Suss was born in Ne (more) |
| Victor Brandrup, 88; Insurance Underwriter, Mentor |
| Victor E Brandrup, 88, an Army transportation officer who had a career as an insurance underwriter, died Jan 15 at the Marliere Hospice Care Center in New Port Richey, Fla He had congestive heart failure and multiple organ failure (more) |
| Anita Sherwood: 1926 - 2007 |
| January 30, 2007 Anita Sherwood had a 20 year run as supervisor of northwest suburban Nunda Township She started as a bookkeeper and secretary in the mid 1960s and was elected township clerk in 1967 Ten years later, she was elected supervisor an (more) |
| Charlotte Reid | Ex-congresswoman, 93 |
| Charlotte Reid, 93, who was a pop singer and mother before she became a congresswoman and member of the Federal Communications Commission, died Wednesday in Geneva, Ill The cause of death was not announced Mrs Reid represented Illinois' 15th (more) |
| Deborah Orin-Eilbeck, 59, Political Reporter, Dies |
| Deborah Orin Eilbeck was the Washington bureau chief and a columnist for The New York Post (more) |
| Longtime Montgomery Co. School Principal Becky Combs |
| Becky Combs, 89, a retired Montgomery County elementary school principal who volunteered with the John F Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, died Jan 11 at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring of complications from a stroke (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Morris Levin, 93, the former owner of a Takoma Park dry cleaner and Pete's, a restaurant and carryout in Washington, died of pneumonia Jan 25 at Casey House Hospice in Rockville He was a Silver Spring resident (more) |
| Dale Noyd: 1933 - 2007 |
| January 30, 2007 Dale Noyd, who as a decorated Air Force captain and fighter pilot attracted worldwide attention in the 1960s as a conscientious objector who objected to only one war, the one in Vietnam, died Jan 11 in Seattle He was 73 The caus (more) |
| Joseph S. Farland; Ambassador to 4 Nations |
| Joseph Simpson Farland, 92, a former ambassador to the Dominican Republic, Panama, Pakistan and Iran, died Jan 28 from complications of a stroke he suffered last year A former resident of the District, he was at Shenandoah Valley Westminster Cante (more) |
| Dorothy DiPaolo: 1926 - 2007 |
| January 30, 2007 Dorothy DiPaolo, a fixture for more than 40 years at the Taylor Street lemonade stand she started with her husband, died on Sunday, Jan 28, in Rush Medical Center, said her daughter, Donna Jagielski Mrs DiPaolo, 80, who lived in (more) |
| Obituary: Emma Tillman, world's oldest person, at age 114 |
| Obituary: Emma Tillman, world's oldest person, at age 114 Published: January 30, 2007 Add to Clippings Text Size EAST HARTFORD, Connecticut: OBITUARY To say Emma Faust Tillman lived a full life would be an epic understatement She was one of 2 (more) |
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