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Home : Obituaries : Notable Obituaries
Jul 01, 2013
'Enter the Dragon' actor Jim Kelly dies
The Record
Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in "Enter the Dragon" with Bruce Lee, has died. He was 67.
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Jun 30, 2013
Italian astrophysicist Margherita Hack dies at 91
The Record
Margherita Hack, an astrophysicist who explained her research on the stars in plain language for the public and who championed civil rights in her native Italy, died on Saturday in the ...
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Jun 27, 2013
Former Jets safety Jim Hudson dies at 70
The Record
Jim Hudson, the former New York Jets safety who helped the team to its only Super Bowl title in 1969, has died. He was 70.
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Jun 26, 2013
Devo drummer Alan Myers dies of brain cancer
The Record
Alan Myers, the former longtime drummer for the band Devo, best known for "Whip It," has died after a battle with brain cancer. He was 58.
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Pardoned financier Marc Rich dies in Switzerland
The Record
He was a wheeler-dealer pardoned by another consummate dealmaker, a working-class Jewish boy who left Belgium to escape the Nazis and rose to become the billionaire "King of Commodities."
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Jun 25, 2013
'I Am Legend' author and Allendale native Richard Matheson dies at 87
The Record
Richard Matheson, the prolific sci-fi and fantasy writer whose "I Am Legend" and "The Shrinking Man" were transformed into films, has died. He was 87.
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Jun 24, 2013
'Family Ties' creator Gary David Goldberg dies
The Record
Gary David Goldberg, who created the 1980s sitcom hit "Family Ties" and expanded into feature films, has died.
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Blues singer Bobby 'Blue' Bland dies at 83
The Record
Bobby "Blue" Bland, a distinguished singer who blended Southern blues and soul in songs such as "Turn on Your Love Light" and "Further On Up the Road," died Sunday. He was 83.
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Jun 23, 2013
Journalist, editor, Paterson native John Dotson dies
The Record
John L. Dotson Jr., a longtime journalist, editor and newspaper publisher who championed diversity in the newsroom, has died at age 76.
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Jun 22, 2013
Robert Manzi, Ridgefield doctor
The Record
Irreverent, sharp-witted, and a proud son of Ridgefield, Dr. Robert Manzi always knew he had had more than his share of luck. At 31 he diagnosed his own brain hemorrhage — and lived to ...
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Passaic River activist Ella Filippone dies at 78
The Record
Ella Filippone was fondly remembered Friday as a woman who founded the Passaic River Coalition to fight against a proposed flood tunnel and someone who devoted her life to cleaning up the ...
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Jun 21, 2013
Scott Byers, dramatic voice of Thanksgiving parade
The Record
Scott Byers was as much a part of Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade as the Rockettes and the big Snoopy balloon. The Clifton resident was the "voice" of the world-famous parade. He introduced ...
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Jun 20, 2013
Francisco A. Balangue, award-winning film art director
Belleville Times
Francisco A. Balangue, 94, of Belleville, passed away in comfort and peace on Tuesday, June 18, 2013.
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Jun 19, 2013
Jersey's family man: Bergen County native James Gandolfini dead at 51
The Record
Westwood native James Gandolfini, whose portrayal of a brutal, emotionally delicate mob boss in HBO’s “The Sopranos” helped create one of TV’s greatest drama series and turned the mobster ...
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Best-selling author Vince Flynn dies at age 47
The Record
Vince Flynn, a best-selling author of political thriller novels, has died at age 47 after a two-year battle with prostate cancer.
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Family: Country singer Slim Whitman dies at age 90
The Record
Country singer Slim Whitman, the high-pitched yodeler who sold millions of records through ever-present TV ads in the 1980s and 1990s and whose song saved the world in the film comedy "Mars ...
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Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies at 33
The Record
Michael Hastings, the war correspondent whose unflinching reporting from Afghanistan led to the resignation of a top U.S. army general, has died in a car accident in Los Angeles, according to ...
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Totowa philanthropist John L. Soldoveri dies
The Record
Through donations to the borough library and youth recreation, Totowa businessman John Soldoveri gave back to the community where he lived his 89 years.
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Jun 18, 2013
Wilson, Nobel winner for physics, dies in Maine
The Record
Physicist Kenneth Wilson, who earned a Nobel prize for pioneering work that changed the way physicists think about phase transitions, has died in Maine, where he retired to enjoy kayaking with ...
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Real estate executive W. Kaplen dies at 95
The Record
Wilson R. Kaplen of Tenafly, a real estate executive whose family foundation has given tens of millions of dollars to health care, education, Jewish and other causes, died Sunday. He was 95.
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Jun 17, 2013
Second City co-founder Bernard Sahlins dies at 90
The Record
Bernard "Bernie" Sahlins, who co-founded Chicago's Second City theater and who nurtured the early careers of many of the earliest stars of "Saturday Night Live," died Sunday. He was 90.
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Pioneering woman photographer Helen Brush Jenkins dies
The Record
Helen Brush Jenkins, a pioneering photojournalist who made Life magazine when she snapped a photo of her child moments after giving birth, has died. She was 94.
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Jun 16, 2013
Shipping magnate Paul Soros dies in NYC at 87
The Record
Paul Soros, a successful innovator in shipping, philanthropist and the older brother of billionaire financier George Soros, died in New York City on Saturday after a long bout with a host of ...
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From Englewood to S.C., with love
The Record
Joseph Louis Benjamin was many things in his 81 years. Air Force veteran. Tax consultant. Coffee plant worker. Café owner. Author. Father of 13. He showed his good heart over and over, as ...
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Jun 13, 2013
Goya Foods visionary Joseph A. Unanue remembered for his modesty
The Record
Joseph A. Unanue, who died Wednesday, stayed focused on his family, religion and the Latino community, even as he earned unimaginable wealth and endured great tragedy, seeing two of his six ...
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NASCAR driver Jason Leffler dies after accident in N.J. dirt car event
The Record
New Jersey State Police on Thursday were trying to determine what caused the dirt track crash that killed NASCAR driver Jason Leffler on Wednesday night.
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William McCormick, West Milford school chief, dies at 82
The Record
William McCormick, who brought financial stability to the West Milford schools during nine years as superintendent, died Monday. He was 82.
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Jun 12, 2013
Joseph A. Unanue, 88, former chief executive of Goya Foods, dies
The Record
Unanue’s legacy includes a corporate giant with 1,200 employees and annual sales approaching $1 billion that continues to expand. Goya's customers range from big supermarket chains to ...
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Nobel Prize-winning economist Robert Fogel dies
The Record
Robert W. Fogel, a University of Chicago economist whose study of the economics of slavery sparked a furious debate in academia and later helped garner him a Nobel prize, has died. He was 86.
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World's oldest person dies in Japan at age 116
The Record
Japan's Jiroemon Kimura, who had been recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person and the oldest man ever, died Wednesday of natural causes. He was 116.
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W. Alan Kirk, bergenPAC pioneer, dies at 70
The Record
W. Alan Kirk, the first executive director of the Englewood performing arts center now called bergenPAC, has died. He was 70 and lived in Bogota. With a background in set design, ...
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Jun 11, 2013
Horse-racing trainer Henry Cecil dies at 70
The Record
Henry Cecil, who trained unbeaten superstar Frankel and was one of British horse racing's greatest trainers in a career spanning nearly half a century, died Tuesday following a long battle ...
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Jun 09, 2013
Italian maestro Bruno Bartoletti dies in Florence
The Record
Bruno Bartoletti, an orchestra conductor who was associated with the Lyric Opera of Chicago for a half-century, and who championed modern opera as well as classic works, died on Sunday in his ...
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Jun 07, 2013
Longtime Miami basketball coach Coles dies
The Record
Longtime Miami basketball coach Charlie Coles, the school's all-time leader in victories, died Friday in Oxford, Ohio, the school said. He was 71.
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Doctor who OK'd 'Cuckoo's Nest' hospital use dies
The Record
The psychiatrist who opened the doors of the Oregon State Hospital to filming of the 1975 Academy Award-winning movie "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" has died.
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‘Night Stalker’ prosecutor says Ramirez death ends ‘tragic period’
The Record
One of the deputy district attorneys who prosecuted “Night Stalker” Richard Ramirez described the serial killer’s death Friday as an “abrupt end to a tragic period in the history of Los ...
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Jun 06, 2013
Former Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington dies in car crash
The Record
Former Jefferson Airplane drummer Joey Covington has died in a Palm Springs car crash.
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Swimming champion, movie star Esther Williams dies
The Record
Esther Williams, the swimming champion turned actress who starred in glittering and aquatic Technicolor musicals of the 1940s and 1950s, has died. She was 91.
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Jun 05, 2013
Vincent Mariano, St. Mary benefactor
The Record
Benefactors paid for Vincent Mariano and his siblings to go to St. Mary High School in Rutherford after their father lost his construction business in the Depression. "He decided if he ever ...
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Jun 04, 2013
Ex-Beijing mayor and backer of 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown dies
The Record
Chen Xitong, a former mayor of Beijing who backed the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square democratic movement during his term but later expressed regret, has died, media reports and a family friend said Tuesday, the 24th anniversary of the quelling of the ...
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Football Hall of Famer Deacon Jones dead at 74
The Record
David “Deacon” Jones, a Hall of Fame defensive end credited with terming the word sack for how he knocked down quarterbacks, has died. He was 74.
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Bill Van Wilpe, WWII rescue hero of Wanaque, dies at 87
The Record
Bill Van Wilpe of Wanaque, whose heroism after the sinking of the USS Indianapolis toward the close of World War II went unrecognized for half a century — the result of his own modesty — died ...
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Jun 03, 2013
Frank Lautenberg: A life dedicated to health, safety and New Jersey
The Record
U.S. Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg was hailed Monday for leading the fight to ban smoking on airplanes and clean up toxic waste sites while bringing hundreds of millions of dollars home to New ...
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Nutley remembers U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg
Nutley Sun
U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg, who died Monday, graduated from Nutley High School in 1941 and was inducted into the Nutley Hall of Fame in 2011.
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Paramus cyclist Andrew Capizzi struck by car, killed in South Jersey
The Record
Andrew Capizzi, an avid cyclist and distance runner, was warming up on his bicycle for the New Jersey Individual Time Trial Championship on a Burlington County highway Sunday when he was ...
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Frank Lautenberg, 1924-2013: Politics take a rest as praise pours in [video]
The Record
Monday’s death of Frank Lautenberg, the 89-year-old whose Senate career epitomized liberal politics for more than a quarter-century, not only brought a cascade of tributes but created ...
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Jun 01, 2013
Jean Stapleton, TV's Edith Bunker, dies at 90
The Record
Jean Stapleton's Edith Bunker was such a dithery charmer that we had to love her. And because she loved her bombastic husband Archie, we made room for him and TV's daring "All in the Family."
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