Obituaries
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Barboncino, a Brooklyn Pizza Restaurant, Becomes a Union Shop
Staff at this Crown Heights restaurant voted to join Workers United, making the pizzeria New York City’s first to have…
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Restaurant Review: A Postcard to Chinatown, Mailed from the Lower East Side
Potluck Club looks at the old neighborhood, and its dishes, through the eyes of a younger generation who grew up…
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Mike Reynolds, Champion of California’s Three-Strikes Law, Dies at 79
The murder of his daughter sent him on a successful quest to push for tougher sentencing at a time when…
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James B. Zagel, U.S. Judge Who Jailed Illinois Governor, Dies at 82
He sentenced Rod Blagojevich to 14 years to send a message about corruption in high places. As a prosecutor he…
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Dick Biondi, Fast-Talking Star of Top 40 Radio, Dies at 90
“Wild, outrageous, goofy and uplifting,” as one fan put it, he was based in Chicago for most of his career…
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Kevin Mitnick, Hacker Who Once Eluded Authorities, Is Dead at 59
Best known for a crime spree during the 1990s that involved the theft of computer data and credit card numbers,…
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Dermot Doran, Priest Who Rallied Aid for Biafran Airlift, Dies at 88
In 1968, Father Doran, who had been in Nigeria as an educator, became the linchpin of one of the largest…
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Stephen M. Silverman, Biographer of Stage and Screen, Is Dead at 71
An entertainment journalist, he persuaded the publicity-shy director David Lean to let him write his story and died before seeing…
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A Fruit Salad That Isn’t Sad
Tossing summer melons and berries with lime juice — and some sugar that’s been massaged with the zest — makes…
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Sally Kempton, Rising Star Journalist Turned Swami, Dies at 80
She was making her name in New York journalism in the footsteps of her famous father and becoming an outspoken…