Posted in COMMUNITY, transitions on Thursday, September3, 2009 | Comments Off
Burial Insurance for Poor Immigrants
By A. G. Sulzberger
When he recalls the blur of events that followed the death of his 14-year-old son in Queens from an accidental shooting six years ago, Ivan Echeverry can still feel the smothering shame of having to go cap in hand to raise money for the cremation and funeral. Mr. [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, transitions on Wednesday, July29, 2009 | Comments Off
Olga Méndez, Bronx Senator, Is Dead at 84
By Sewell Chan
Ruby Washington/The New York Times Olga A. Méndez in 2004.
Olga A. Méndez, who was the first Puerto Rican woman elected to a state legislature in the continental United States, and represented East Harlem and parts of the Bronx in the New York State Senate from 1979 [...]
Posted in transitions on Friday, May15, 2009 | Comments Off
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Former OU Great Wayman Tisdale Dies at 44
ULSA, Okla. (AP) — Wayman Tisdale, a three-time All-American at Oklahoma who played 12 seasons in the NBA, has died after a two-year battle with cancer. He was 44.
Tisdale died about 8 a.m. Friday at St. John Medical Center in Tulsa, hospital spokeswoman Joy [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, GENERAL, HARLEM, HARLEM HAPPENINGS, transitions on Tuesday, March3, 2009 | Comments Off
Remembering a Harlem Power Broker
By Jim Dwyer
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At the funeral Monday of Clifton Rolet Sutton, known as Chuck, speakers lined up to tell how his modest manner hid the powerful role he played in Harlem politics over the last three decades. That included, they said, helping to launch the political career of the current [...]
Posted in GENERAL, HARLEM, transitions on Thursday, February26, 2009 | Comments Off
Wilbert A. Tatum, 76, Ex-Amsterdam News Publisher, Is Dead
By Jennifer 8. Lee
Wilbert A. Tatum, whose 25-year leadership of The Amsterdam News made his name nearly synonymous with the paper’s, died on Thursday while vacationing with his wife, Susan, in Dubrovnik, Croatia. He was 76.
He died after multiple organ shutdown around 1 a.m. local time, said [...]
Posted in GENERAL, transitions on Tuesday, February17, 2009 | Comments Off
Louie Bellson dies at 84; Duke Ellington called him ‘the world’s greatest drummer’
By Don Heckman
February 17, 2009
Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with far-ranging compositional skills, has died. He was 84.
According to his wife, Francine, Bellson died Saturday at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles of complications of Parkinson’s [...]
Posted in EAST HARLEM, HARLEM, SPANISH HARLEM, STOOP, transitions on Monday, February16, 2009 | Comments Off
NYC salsa band leader Joe Cuba dies at 78
By Laura N. Perez Sanchez, Associated Press Writer
SAN JUAN — Salsa band leader Joe Cuba, dubbed the “Father of Latin Boogaloo” for weaving a fluid, bilingual mix of musical influences, died Sunday in New York City, a member of his group said. He was 78.
The musician, a [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, GENERAL, HARLEM, transitions on Sunday, February15, 2009 | Comments Off
RONETTES SINGER FOUND DEAD
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February 14, 2009 –
Ronnie Spector’s sister Estelle Bennett, one of the Ronettes singing group, was found dead Wednesday in New Jersey. She was 67.
Police found her dead in her apartment in Englewood, after relatives had been unable to contact her, her brother-in-law Jonathan Greenfield said yesterday.
The time and cause of death have [...]
Posted in ANNOUNCEMENTS, HARLEM, HARLEM SPORTS, transitions on Tuesday, January27, 2009 | Comments Off
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A pro basketball pioneer from the early days of the game, John Isaacs died this morning in the Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx. The “Boy Wonder,” as he was affectionately called as a teenager playing for the New York Rens, suffered a stroke a few days ago. He [...]
Posted in COMMUNITY, GENERAL, transitions on Monday, January26, 2009 | Comments Off
A 91st Street Legend, and the Stories He Left Behind
By THOMAS LIN
Very little about John McPherson’s life before he arrived on the Upper West Side in 1969 suggested that he would become a neighborhood stalwart, let alone be mourned as the mayor of West 91st Street.
“He was always outside, keeping an eye on things,” said [...]
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