| Obituary: Jack Boag |
| Professor Jack Boag, who has died at the age of 95, was a leading figure in the science of cancer radiation therapy, and also played a part in the ending of the cold war through his involvement in the Pugwash group of scientists Born in Elgin, north (more) |
| Robert William Rohr, 78; D.C. School Sports Star And Business Executive |
| Robert William Rohr, 78, a three sport athletic star at Washington's Coolidge High School, who became vice president of a moving and storage company, died Feb 27 of cardiovascular disease at his home in Silver Spring (more) |
| Herman Stein, 91, Composer of Moody Horror and Science-Fiction Scores, Dies |
| Herman Stein was a little known craftsman who, unseen but very much heard, helped terrify the audiences of a spate of classic horror and science fiction films (more) |
| Obituary: Mao Zedong's son dies |
| BEIJING: Mao Zedong's last surviving son, Mao Anqing, who suffered from mental illnesses but worked as a Russian translator, has died in Beijing at the age of 84, the official Xinhua press agency reported Born in Hunan Province, he was smuggled to (more) |
| Calvert DeForest, 85, Larry (Bud) Melman on ?Letterman,? Dies |
| Calvert G DeForest gained cult status on David Letterman?s late night shows as the comic figure Larry (Bud) Melman (more) |
| Robert Petersen, publishing giant |
| LOS ANGELES Robert E Petersen, the publishing magnate whose Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines helped shape America's car culture and who gave millions of dollars to a museum dedicated to his passion, has died He was 80 Mr Petersen died Friday o (more) |
| Richard Conway Casey, 74, Blind Federal Judge, Dies |
| Richard Conway Casey of the United States District Court in Manhattan was the nation?s first blind federal trial judge and presided over several high profile cases (more) |
| Milton Wexler, 98; helped find gene for Huntington's disease |
| LOS ANGELES Devastating health news to his ex wife almost 40 years ago sent Milton Wexler, a lay psychoanalyst popular with actors and artists, on a journey to the edge of a scientific frontier He would emerge a hero Mr Wexler, 98, who died of (more) |
| John T. Gilbride, 90, Former Chairman of Military and Commercial Shipbuilde |
| John T Gilbride was the former head of Todd Shipyards Corporation, once the largest independent shipbuilding company in the country (more) |
| Gary Sellers, former Nader ally who fought his presidential run |
| WASHINGTON Gary Sellers, the first lawyer hired by Ralph Nader's organization in the 1960s who went on to form a group opposing Nader's run for the presidency in 2000, died March 13 in a single car accident on Route 211 in Rappahannock County, Va (more) |
| Mary Livingston; Spotted Illegal Nixon Tax Move |
| Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston, 92, a federal archivist whose testimony before Congress revealed that President Richard M Nixon's donated papers were improperly backdated, died March 23 at Goodwin House in Alexandria She had Alzheimer's disease (more) |
| Mary Livingston; her testimony led to tax ruling against Nixon |
| WASHINGTON Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston, 92, a federal archivist whose testimony before Congress revealed that President Nixon's donated papers were improperly backdated, died Friday at Goodwin House in Alexandria, Va She had Alzheimer's (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Robert E Petersen, 80, a publishing magnate whose Hot Rod and Motor Trend magazines helped shape the U S car culture and who gave millions to a museum dedicated to his passion, died March 23 of complications from neuroendocrine cancer at St John' (more) |
| Raymond T. Holden, 102; Longtime District Obstetrician |
| Raymond T Holden, 102, who in his four decades as an obstetrician and gynecologist in Washington delivered more than 10,000 babies, died March 14 at his home in Washington He had congestive heart failure and coronary heart disease (more) |
| Olcott Deming; Diplomat, First Ambassador to Uganda |
| Olcott Hawthorne Deming, 98, a career diplomat who became the first U S ambassador to Uganda in 1961 and who was the president of the Georgetown Citizens Association in the 1970s, died of septicemia March 20 at the Washington Home hospice (more) |
| Margaret Pierce; Indian Claims Panel Appointee |
| Margaret Hunter Pierce, 96, the only woman to have served on the Indian Claims Commission, died after a heart attack March 17 at Georgetown University Hospital Mrs Pierce was appointed by President Lyndon B Johnson to the now defunct commission in (more) |
| Cpl. Stephen Kowalczyk -- Iraq soldier loved adventure |
| Stephen Matthew Kowalczyk camped among grizzly bears on the Alaskan tundra and alligators in the Louisiana bayou He dove off of an iceberg into the Arctic Ocean, worked as a dishwasher and handyman in Jerusalem, and set swimming records at a small (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Herbert G Banham, 75, a retired Navy captain who was a real estate appraiser in Northern Virginia, died March 9 of diabetes and kidney failure at Ocala Regional Medical Center in Florida (more) |
| Howard Ronson, 63, Builder of Towers, Dies |
| The British real estate developer became one of the most prolific builders of office space in Manhattan in the 1980s (more) |
| Antonio Ortiz Mena, 99; Inter-American Bank Chief |
| Antonio Ortiz Mena, 99, the former three term president of the Inter American Development Bank and Mexico's finance minister during that nation's robust growth in the 1960s, died March 12 at a hospital in Mexico City from a fall at his home (more) |
| Obituaries |
| David Emerson Brown, 55, a health care executive who was president of Greater Southeast Community Hospital for four years until 1996, died March 19 at Johns Hopkins University Hospital of severe internal hemorrhage resulting from a fall (more) |
| Albert Baez -- scientist, author, father of Joan Baez |
| Little did he know that the concerts he took his daughters to when they were young would inspire them to a stardom even greater than his own Mr Baez was a scientist, a physics professor and a pacifist who refused to use his considerable expertise t (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Peter Davidock Jr , 81, a former registrar with the National Gallery of Art, died March 16 at Washington Hospital Center of complications of an earlier heart attack He was a resident of Gaithersburg (more) |
| Eric Medlen, at 33; professional racer died of injuries suffered in crash |
| LOS ANGELES Professional drag racer Eric Medlen, who drove 300 mile per hour funny cars, died Friday of head injuries he suffered in a crash during practice this week in Gainesville, Fla , his team said He was 33 Mr Medlen, who drove for the te (more) |
| Milton Wexler; Promoted Huntington's Research |
| Milton Wexler, 98, a prominent Hollywood psychoanalyst whose efforts to find a cure for the disease that killed his wife led scientists to pinpoint the Huntington's gene, died of respiratory failure March 16 at his home in Santa Monica, Calif (more) |
| Gary Sellers, 71; Onetime Ally of Ralph Nader |
| Gary Sellers, 71, the first lawyer hired by Ralph Nader's organization in the 1960s who went on to form a group opposing Nader's run for the presidency in 2000, died March 13 in a single car accident on Route 211 in Rappahannock County, near the Fau (more) |
| Richard Casey, blind judge in high-profile cases; at 74 |
| NEW YORK Richard Conway Casey, who was the nation's first blind federal trial judge and who presided over high profile cases including an abortion law challenge and the Peter Gotti trial, died Thursday of an apparent heart attack He was 74 Judge (more) |
| Vet, Volunteer, Army Worker Anna Machuga |
| Anna Machuga, 87, who served in the Women's Army Corps during World War II and later retired as executive assistant to the commander of the Army Materiel Command, died of pneumonia Feb 19 at the Woodbine Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center in Alex (more) |
| Mao Anqing, 84; only surviving son of Chinese leader Mao Tse-tung |
| Mao Anqing, 84, the only surviving son of China's revolutionary leader Mao Tse tung, died Friday, the official China News Service reported It did not give a cause of death Mao Anqing, who had no role in government, suffered from psychiatric problem (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Albert V Baez, 94, father of folk singers Joan Baez and the late Mimi Farina, died March 20 at an elder care facility in Redwood City, Calif No cause of death was reported (more) |
| Calvert DeForest, 85; Gained Fame As Larry 'Bud' Melman of 'Late Night' |
| Calvert DeForest, 85, the white haired, bespectacled nebbish who gained cult status as the oddball Larry "Bud" Melman on David Letterman's late night television shows, died March 19 at a hospital on Long Island, N Y , Letterman's "Late Show" announc (more) |
| Robert Krakoff, 72; president, CEO of Nielsen Business Media |
| Robert Krakoff, 72, president and chief executive of Nielsen Business Media, died Thursday night at his home in Boston, the company announced, without specifying the cause Krakoff joined Nielsen in August and oversaw the business publications Billboa (more) |
| Jim Cronin, Foe of Illegal Trade in Primates, Dies at 55 |
| Jim Cronin was a self trained zoologist who built a wildlife park on a deserted pig farm in southern England, then roamed the world with his wife to rescue illegally captured primates (more) |
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| Tanya Reinhart, 63, Pundit on Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Dies |
| Tanya Reinhart, an Israeli linguist, was best known to the public as an ardent critic of her country?s policies toward the Palestinians (more) |
| B. Franklin Kahn, 82, Developer Credited With the REIT Strategy, Dies |
| B Franklin Kahn was one of the first developers to recognize that real estate investments could trade much like mutual funds (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Edward Strickling, 90, a University of Maryland professor emeritus of agronomy who solved a drainage problem that afflicted Byrd Stadium in the 1950s, died March 18 at Holy Cross Hospital of respiratory failure resulting from pneumonia (more) |
| Luther Ingram, 69, Singer of 1970s Soul Hit, Dies |
| Luther Ingram was the R&B singer who had a hit with ?If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don?t Want to Be Right) ? (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Sarah Anne Moore, 84, a registered nurse, volunteer and State Department employee, died of complications from bowel surgery March 11 at Sibley Memorial Hospital in Washington She lived in Bethesda (more) |
| Obituary: Bob Woolmer |
| Bob Woolmer, who has died suddenly aged 58, was one of cricket's great enthusiasts He was a fine player, who for a while looked as though he might become a very substantial one, but it was as a gently passionate and innovative coach that his reputat (more) |
| G.E. Patterson; Top Bishop Of Church of God in Christ |
| G E Patterson, the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ and a minister for almost 50 years, died March 20 in Memphis, the church announced He was 67 (more) |
| Child Psychiatrist Henry Work; Involved Families in Treatment |
| Henry Harcus Work, 95, a child psychiatrist who brought patients' families into treatment of troubled children at a time when that was rarely done, died of respiratory failure March 21 at his home in Bethesda In addition to emphasizing the importanc (more) |
| Harold I. Lief, Advocate of Sex Education, Dies at 89 |
| Dr Harold I Lief was a leading sex therapist who was an early advocate of having medical schools put greater emphasis on sex education in training doctors (more) |
| Catherine Seipp, 49; Social Critic and Columnist |
| Catherine Seipp, 49, a social and media critic, died of non smokers' lung cancer March 21 at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles (more) |
| Luther Ingram; Singer Known For 'If Loving You Is Wrong' |
| Luther Ingram, 69, the R&B singer and songwriter best known for the hit "If Loving You Is Wrong (I Don't Want to Be Right)," died of heart ailments March 19 at a Belleville, Ill , hospital He had suffered for years from diabetes, kidney disease and (more) |
| Child Psychiatrist Henry Work; Involved Families in Treatment |
| Henry Harcus Work, 95, a child psychiatrist who brought patients' families into treatment of troubled children at a time when that was rarely done, died of respiratory failure March 21 at his home in Bethesda (more) |
| John M. Mugar; helped build Star Market empire; at 92 |
| John Martin Mugar was part of a family credited with helping change the marketplace for grocery shoppers in New England by turning traditional stores in the 1970s into one stop massive markets with bank outlets, florists, and books In some ways, (more) |
| Janet Brown, 59, Retailer of Fashions for the Wealthy, Dies |
| Ms Brown brought important designers to the wealthy clientele of her small store on Long Island, often before the designs were famous or even sold in Manhattan (more) |
| Dwight Chamberlain, 68, Expert on Bird Talk, Dies |
| Dwight R Chamberlain was a naturalist who studied the language of crows and ravens and helped to explain the intricate vocal cues they use in fighting, feeding and social interactions (more) |
| Cathy Seipp, 49, Noted Columnist and Blogger, Dies |
| Ms Seipp was widely known for poking fun at the liberal leanings popularly associated with Los Angeles (more) |
| Dr. Andrew J. Fichera, 78; was longtime psychiatrist |
| En route with his family to winter skiing weekends in northern New England, Dr Andrew J Fichera would see the occasional mishap on the road ahead and never hesitate to pull over 'If we came upon a car accident we would stop,' said his son John of (more) |
| Correction |
| The March 24 obituary of Kenneth Ray Zugel, the director of flight operations at Aurora Flight Sciences Corp , gave an incorrect place of birth; he was born at Fairchild Air Force Base near Spokane, Wash Also, the traffic accident that caused his d (more) |
| Obituary: Freddie Francis, Cinematographer, Dies at 89 |
| Freddie Francis was a versatile British cinematographer whose talent for creating atmosphere won him two Oscars (more) |
| Richard P. Nockett, 57; Department of Justice Trial Lawyer |
| Richard P Nockett, 57, a trial lawyer with the Department of Justice, died March 1 of a pulmonary embolism at his home in Rockville (more) |
| Dr. Stella Chess, Child Development Specialist, Dies at 93 |
| Dr Chess helped develop the influential theory that children are born with distinct temperaments that can powerfully affect their outlook and relationship with their parents (more) |
| Ed Bailey, 75; was all-star catcher |
| KNOXVILLE, Tenn Ed Bailey, an All Star catcher with the Cincinnati Reds in the 1950s, died of cancer on Friday He was 75 Al Neil, Mr Bailey's brother in law, told The Knoxville News Sentinel that Mr Bailey died at Parkwest Medical Center, aft (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Edmond J "Jack" Newbould, 88, a Navy captain, lawyer and trade association president, died of complications of Parkinson's disease March 17 at his Alexandria home (more) |
| Carol Richards, 84; recorded 'Silver Bells' with Bing Crosby |
| LOS ANGELES Carol Richards, a singer best known for the Christmas classic 'Silver Bells,' which she recorded with Bing Crosby, has died She was 84 Ms Richards died of heart disease March 16 at Indian River Memorial Hospital in Vero Beach, Fla , (more) |
| Jay Zeamer Jr., 88, recipient of Medal of Honor in WWII |
| BOOTHBAY HARBOR, Maine Jay Zeamer Jr , a World War II bomber pilot who was awarded the Medal of Honor, died Thursday at a nursing home He was 88 Mr Zeamer, a major in the US Army Air Corps, also earned two Distinguished Flying Crosses, two Silv (more) |
| John Backus, 82; Created Programming Language |
| John Backus, 82, whose development of the Fortran programming language in the 1950s changed how people interacted with computers and paved the way for modern software, died March 17 in Ashland, Ore , according to IBM Corp , where he spent his career (more) |
| Walter Turnbull, at 62; Boys Choir of Harlem founder |
| NEW YORK Walter Turnbull, whose Boys Choir of Harlem started in a church basement and went on to international acclaim before spiraling into scandal, died yesterday afternoon in a New York City hospital, said his brother, Horace He said his bro (more) |
| Walter J. Turnbull, 62, Harlem Choir Founder, Dies |
| Walter J Turnbull founded the Boys Choir of Harlem, which went on to sing for presidents and popes (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Blanche L Scott, 91, a former officer in the Women's Army Corps, died Feb 26 at the Knollwood military retirement home in Washington She had a heart ailment (more) |
| Mary Livingston; Spotted Illegal Nixon Tax Move |
| Mary Walton McCandlish Livingston, 92, a federal archivist whose testimony before Congress revealed that President Richard M Nixon's donated papers were improperly backdated, died March 23 at Goodwin House in Alexandria She had Alzheimer's disease (more) |
| Mao Anqing, at 84; son of Mao Zedong |
| BEIJING Mao Anqing, the only known surviving son of Mao Zedong, the late founder of China's communist government, has died, a government news agency reported yesterday He was 84 Mao Anqing died Friday, the China News Service said The news servi (more) |
| Robert William Rohr, 78; D.C. School Sports Star And Business Executive |
| Robert William Rohr, 78, a three sport athletic star at Washington's Coolidge High School, who became vice president of a moving and storage company, died Feb 27 of cardiovascular disease at his home in Silver Spring In 1969, Mr Rohr joined two (more) |
| Jesse L. Johnson; D.C. Officer, Government Worker |
| Jesse L Johnson, 87, one of the first African American police officers in Washington to be decorated for valor, died of cardiopulmonary arrest March 18 at Ingleside at Rock Creek retirement home in Washington (more) |
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| Saul Swimmer, 70, Film Documentarian, Dies |
| Saul Swimmer directed the documentary ?The Concert for Bangladesh,? showing the 1971 show organized by George Harrison and Ravi Shankar to raise money for refugees (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Jean M Howell, 92, a former lab technician for the old National Bureau of Standards, died of hypertension and failure to thrive March 10 at Asbury Methodist Village in Gaithersburg, where she lived (more) |
| Herman Stein, 91; wrote music for horror movies |
| LOS ANGELES Herman Stein, a staff composer at Universal Studios in the 1950s whose best known film credits include horror and science fiction classics including 'Creature From the Black Lagoon' and 'The Incredible Shrinking Man,' has died He was (more) |
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| Virginia Elizabeth Micue Dodge, 87, a former budget analyst at the Pentagon, died March 6 at Inova Fairfax Hospital of complications from strokes She lived in the Franconia section of Fairfax County (more) |
| Jay Zeamer, a Decorated Pilot in World War II, Dies at 88 |
| Jay Zeamer Jr was awarded the Medal of Honor for fighting off enemy attacks during World War II (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Rep Jack Metcalf, 79, a Republican who represented northwest Washington state in Congress for three terms, died of complications from Alzheimer's disease March 15 at a nursing home in Oak Harbor, Wash (more) |
| Obituary: Vilma Ebsen, 96, Stage Partner and Sister of Buddy Ebsen, Dies |
| Vilma Ebsen danced in the film ?Broadway Melody of 1936? with her brother Buddy long before he became famous on ?The Beverly Hillbillies ? (more) |
| Milton Wexler, Groundbreaker on Huntington?s, Dies at 98 |
| Milton Wexler was a psychoanalyst who applied his talent for conducting group therapy to brainstorming sessions for scientists working on the hereditary disease that ravaged his wife?s family (more) |
| Howard Professor Thomas Johnson |
| Thomas Fairfax Johnson, 90, founder of the Howard University Division of Allied Health Sciences, who played in the Negro baseball leagues in his youth, died March 21 at the Fairland Adventist Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Silver Spring He ha (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Martha Schultz Lisser, 83, a lifelong educator who taught bridge at the Friendship Heights Village Center in Chevy Chase, died of pancreatic cancer March 23 at her home in Chevy Chase (more) |
| Obituary: Ada Maddocks |
| Ada Maddocks, who has died aged 79, was one of the leading women trade unionists of her day From 1977 until her retirement in 1992, she was national health officer for Nalgo (the National Association of Local Government Officers), which is now part (more) |
| Bishop G. E. Patterson, 67, Who Led Church of God in Christ, Dies |
| Bishop G E Patterson was the presiding bishop of the Church of God in Christ, the nation?s largest African American Pentecostal denomination (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Floyd F Eunpu, 77, former engineer director of the Fairfax Water Authority, died of cancer March 16 at the Earl B Hadlow hospice in Jacksonville, Fla , where he lived (more) |
| CORRECTION |
| The March 20 obituary for Alfred R Ohtersen Sr incorrectly referred to him at one point as Mr Schwartz (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Charles L Stafford, 83, a Pulitzer Prize winning journalist who was a national correspondent for the St Petersburg Times for 21 years until his retirement in 1989, died of leukemia March 19 at his home in Springfield (more) |
| Margaret Pierce; Indian Claims Panel Appointee |
| Margaret Hunter Pierce, 96, the only woman to have served on the Indian Claims Commission, died after a heart attack March 17 at Georgetown University Hospital (more) |
| Carol Richards, 84, Who Sang With Bing Crosby, Dies |
| Carol Richards recorded ?Silver Bells? with Bing Crosby and dubbed singing voices in movie musicals (more) |
| Ann DeChiara Malamud, Helpmate to Writer, 89, Dies |
| Ann DeChiara Malamud?s marriage to Bernard Malamud helped him determine his course as a writer (more) |
| Kirk Osborn, attorney in Duke lacrosse case |
| CHAPEL HILL, N C Kirk Osborn, a lead defense attorney in the Duke lacrosse sexual assault case, died yesterday after suffering a heart attack on Friday He was 64 Mr Osborn represented Reade Seligmann of Essex Fells, N J , , one of three Duke (more) |
| Obituary: David Bell |
| DAVID BELL 1952 2005 Passed away at home on September 16th, 2005, surrounded by the love of his family He is survived by his wife of thirty two years, Annie His beloved and beautiful Annie was his best friend and life partner David always said (more) |
| Obituary: Mao Zedong's son dies |
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| Mao Anqing, 84, Chairman?s Second Son, Is Dead |
| Mao Anqing was the second son of Mao Zedong and his first wife, Yang Kaihui, while they were activists (more) |
| Sylvia Allen, 95; Former Nutritionist At Madeira |
| Sylvia Spaulding Allen, 95, a former nutritionist and house director at the Madeira School, an all girls private boarding school in McLean, died of congestive heart failure March 3 at a hospice in Naples, Fla (more) |
| Anna B. Larson, 66; Composer Specialized in Theater Music |
| Anna B Larson, 66, a composer, lyricist and playwright, died of cancer March 14 at her home in Takoma Park (more) |
| Obituary :LDP leader Syed Manzoor Hossain dead |
| Syed Manzoor Hossain, presidium member of Liberal Democratic Party (LDP)and former state minister died of liver and kidney ailments at citys Apollo Hospital on Friday night He was 64, said a Press release on Saturday, reports BSS He is survived by h (more) |
| Obituaries |
| Jessie Burns Snowden, 94, a teacher at the old George Washington Carver High School in Rockville and Walter Johnson High School in Bethesda for three decades, died of congestive heart failure March 1 at her home in Silver Spring (more) |
| Alec Wyton, 85, Organist Who Updated Church Music, Is Dead |
| Mr Wyton was an English born organist, composer and teacher who brought contemporary influence to American church music (more) |
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