| Obituaries |
| Bent Skovmand, 61, a plant scientist who helped oversee the creation of a "doomsday vault" to house as many as 3 million of the world's crop seeds in case of disaster, died Feb 6 in Kavlinge, Sweden Swedish media reports said he died of brain tumo (more) |
| Aaron Lerner -- key scientist in discovery of melatonin |
| Dr Aaron Lerner, a Yale dermatologist and the leader of a team of researchers who discovered melatonin, a powerful hormone regulating human sleep wake cycles, died Feb 3 in New Haven, Conn He was 86 In 1958, Dr Lerner, an expert on skin pigmenta (more) |
| Reuters Washington Bureau Chief John W. 'Pat' Heffernan |
| John W "Pat" Heffernan, 96, who headed Reuters Washington for two decades and wrote about the achievements and foibles of U S presidents from Eisenhower to Ford, died Feb 13 at Tidewell Hospice and Palliative Care in Sarasota, Fla He had Alzheim (more) |
| Marion G. Snyder, 79; served 11 terms as a Kentucky congressman |
| PASSINGS Marion G Snyder, 79; served 11 terms as a Kentucky congressman From Times Staff and Wire Reports February 19, 2007 Marion G 'Gene' Snyder, 79, a former congressman from Kentucky who served the Louisville area for 11 terms, died Friday nigh (more) |
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| Geraldine Nalls Lash, 91, a longtime legal secretary in Alexandria and an expert on parliamentary procedure, died Feb 12 of respiratory failure at Brighton Gardens of Arlington assisted living community (more) |
| Dr. Joan W. Swift: 1919 - 2007 |
| February 19, 2007 Dr Joan W Swift helped create the early childhood development program for the City Colleges of Chicago 'From the birth of the program she oversaw every aspect, from creating the curriculum on up,' said Charlotte Collier, a for (more) |
| Ray Evans; won three Oscars as part of songwriting team |
| LOS ANGELES Ray Evans, whose long collaboration with songwriting partner Jay Livingston produced a string of hits that included the Oscar winning 'Buttons and Bows,' 'Mona Lisa,' and 'Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),' has died He was (more) |
| Loren Grey, son of western author Zane Grey; at 91 |
| LOS ANGELES Loren Grey, a longtime professor at California State University at Northridge and keeper of the flame for his famous father, best selling Western author Zane Grey, has died He was 91 A longtime Los Angeles resident, Mr Grey died Feb (more) |
| James Koch, 79, researcher who invented cervical cap |
| A poster hanging in a lab where James P Koch conducted research carried an admonition that took hold in his creative mind as he glanced at it each day 'He told the story very often himself,' said his wife, Harriet 'Somebody had put the poster up o (more) |
| Inventor Robert Adler, 93 |
| Robert Adler, 93, coinventor of the television remote control, which encouraged the proliferation of couch potatoes, shortened the attention span of viewers, and prompted innumerable household disputes over who would control the television, died of h (more) |
| Domino's Franchisee David W. Carraway |
| David Woodard Carraway, 48, president and co owner of Washington regional franchises of Domino's Pizza, died of cancer Feb 17 at his home in McLean Mr Carraway had worked in the franchise since 1985, when he moved to Washington to join his Kappa S (more) |
| Obituary: Maurice Papon, 96, convicted of complicity in Nazi crimes. |
| Maurice Papon said Germany had forced him to deport Jews Maurice Papon, a prominent French functionary convicted in 1998 of complicity in Nazi crimes against humanity during the German occupation in World War II, died Saturday at a private clinic nea (more) |
| Robert Adler: 1913 - 2007 |
| February 18, 2007 Robert Adler, 93, who helped invent the device that created a nation of sedentary television viewers forever flummoxed by the question, 'Where's the remote?' died Thursday, Feb 15, of heart failure in Boise, Idaho, according to (more) |
| Domino's Franchisee David W. Carraway |
| David Woodard Carraway, 48, president and co owner of Washington regional franchises of Domino's Pizza, died of cancer Feb 17 at his home in McLean (more) |
| Ray Evans -- helped pen some of Hollywood's top hits |
| (02 18) 04:00 PST Los Angeles Ray Evans, whose long collaboration with songwriting partner Jay Livingston produced a string of hits that included the Oscar winning 'Buttons and Bows,' 'Mona Lisa' and 'Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),' h (more) |
| John D. "Jack" Kipp: 1923 - 2007 |
| February 19, 2007 On the frenzied floor of the Midwest Stock Exchange in Chicago, John D 'Jack' Kipp was always in control A longtime securities trader, Mr Kipp maintained his composure and did complex computations in his head, while others (more) |
| Col. Thell Fisher -- decorated Marine fought in WWII, Korea, Vietnam |
| If he had the opportunity to write his own obituary, that sentence might have been the entire story He was awarded the Silver Star and Bronze Star for heroism in combat, and saw action in three of the fiercest battles of World War II He fought in K (more) |
| Alfred Desio -- inventive tap dancer |
| (02 19) 04:00 PST Los Angeles Tap performer, teacher and innovator Alfred Desio, a multitalented artist who began dancing at age 3 and gained his greatest fame for developing a method of electronically transforming the sound of tap steps, died las (more) |
| Friends pay colorful tribute to James Kim |
| Emiko Oye hangs some of the 1,000 origami cranes that adorned the band shell at Golden Gate Park for a memorial service honoring James Kim on Saturday The 35 year old Cnet editor died of hypothermia trying to save his family after they became strand (more) |
| Dr. Kenneth Rehage: 1910 - 2007 |
| February 19, 2007 As a professor of education at the University of Chicago in the 1960s, Kenneth Rehage oversaw a program that trained teachers to work in the fledgling country of Pakistan Dr Rehage, 96, died on Wednesday, Jan 31, at Central Ne (more) |
| Maurice Papon, 96, Nazi collaborator |
| PARIS Maurice Papon, a former French Cabinet minister who was convicted of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role in deporting Jews during World War II and became a symbol of France's collaboration with the Nazis, died yesterday He w (more) |
| Walter Sondheim Jr., 98; championed Baltimore's downtown revival |
| PASSINGS Walter Sondheim Jr , 98; championed Baltimore's downtown revival From Times Staff and Wire Reports February 19, 2007 Walter Sondheim Jr , 98, the civic and business leader who championed Baltimore's downtown renaissance and guided the city (more) |
| Ray Evans: 1915 - 2007 |
| February 18, 2007 LOS ANGELES Oscar winning songwriter Ray Evans, whose long collaboration with Jay Livingston produced such enduring standards as 'Mona Lisa,' 'Buttons and Bows,' 'Silver Bells' and 'Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera),' (more) |
| Maurice Papon: 1910 - 2007 |
| February 18, 2007 PARIS Maurice Papon, a former French Cabinet minister who was convicted of complicity in crimes against humanity for his role in deporting Jews during World War II and became a symbol of France's collaboration with the Nazis, d (more) |
| Gordon Wright -- conductor, made music across Alaska |
| Gordon Wright, a conductor who championed obscure composers and made music across the chilly climes of Alaska as founder of the Arctic Chamber Orchestra, was found dead last week on the porch of his cabin in Indian, Alaska He was 72 His body was (more) |
| Bertram M. Bernstein, medical director |
| Dr Bertram M Bernstein, 91, formerly of Trenton, retired medical director of the New Jersey Department of Human Services and professor of physical and rehabilitation medicine at Hahnemann University, died of Parkinson's disease Tuesday at his son's (more) |
| OBITUARY Vale Peter McCarthy of CQIB > > Full Story... |
| Subscriber Area Login NOTE: If you are having problems logging in and keep getting a message that your details are wrong, try copying the details from your email that you were sent and pasting them straight into the boxes below Your username and (more) |
| Hat designer known for her bridal creations |
| Essentials Homepage 1 week archive: Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun Today Photo Galleries Photo Store Multimedia Weather Horoscope Lottery Crossword Sudoku Contact Us Opinions Editorials Blogs Columnists CyberSurveys Forums Autos Autos Insider Auto Sho (more) |
| Arnold J. Tyler: 1920 - 2007 |
| February 19, 2007 Arnold J Tyler dreamed of attending medical school but instead pursued a career in teaching and school administration that was so successful a New Lenox school bears his name Mr Tyler was already the father of one son when he (more) |
| Longtime Kentucky Congressman Gene Snyder, 79 |
| Gene Snyder, 79, a Kentucky Republican who served 11 terms in the U S House of Representatives until retiring in 1987, died Feb 16 at his home in Naples, Fla , where he had retired No cause of death was reported, but he had undergone back and hear (more) |
| Longtime Kentucky Congressman Gene Snyder, 79 |
| Gene Snyder, 79, a Kentucky Republican who served 11 terms in the U S House of Representatives until retiring in 1987, died Feb 16 at his home in Naples, Fla , where he had retired No cause of death was reported, but he had undergone back and hea (more) |
| Alfred Desio | Dancer, choreographer, 74 |
| Dancer and choreographer Alfred Desio, 74, a Broadway veteran who invented a form of electronically enhanced tap dancing called Tap Tronics, died Wednesday of complications of bladder cancer at Olympia Medical Center in Los Angeles, his wife and danc (more) |
| Marjory Katz Alper, 71, therapist |
| Marjory Katz Alper, 71, formerly of Yardley, a retired social worker and administrator, died of bone cancer Feb 10 at Pennswood Village, a retirement community in Newtown Square Dr Alper had been a psychotherapist at the Center for Advanced (more) |
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| Robert Lynn Bransome, 54, a skilled cabinetmaker who worked on the interior of the Mormon temple in Kensington, died Feb 5 of a heart ailment at his home in San Francisco, where he had lived for the past 10 years (more) |
| Obituary: Sheridan Morley, former critic, biographer and broadcaster. |
| Sheridan Morley, the prominent British critic, biographer, and broadcaster who devoted his career to chronicling and, often, celebrating plays and players, died on Friday at his home in London He was 65 The cause has not yet been determined, but hi (more) |
| Dr. Peter Kornfeld -- autoimmune specialist, teacher who fled Nazis |
| Dr Peter Kornfeld, who as a teenager devised his family's flight from Nazi occupied Austria and later helped pioneer understanding of the autoimmune neuromuscular disorder myasthenia gravis, has died at Stanford Hospital He was 81 During the last (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Charles D Balton, a Washington native who directed a New York agency that helped revitalize Harlem with both affordable and upscale housing, died of a massive stroke Feb 6 at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York He was 52 (more) |
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