Gerald Shur, Founder of Federal Witness Protection Program, Dies at 86
Gerald Shur, who founded the Federal Witness Protection Program, died at Ann’s Choice Senior Living Community on Aug. 25 due to complications from lung...
Real Estate Developer Leonard Mellman Dies at 96
Real estate manager and developer Leonard Mellman died on July 11 after suffering complications from an earlier fall. He was 96.
A Philadelphia native, Mellman...
Even More We’ve Lost to COVID-19
As of press time, 316,000 people worldwide have lost their lives to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19.In the United States, 90,263 people have died, and...
Comedian Jerry Stiller, Famous ‘Seinfeld’ Star, Dies at 92
By Marcy Oster / JTA
Jerry Stiller, the longtime Jewish comic who became best known for playing the belligerent character Frank Costanza on “Seinfeld,” has died.
Stiller...
Edgar R. Goldenberg, of Goldenberg Peanut Chews, Dies at 88
Edgar R. Goldenberg, former CEO and chairman of Goldenberg Candy Co., died of congestive heart failure at Boca Raton Regional Hospital in Florida on...
Those We’ve Lost to COVID-19
As of press time, 211,000 people worldwide have lost their lives to the novel coronavirus, COVID-19. In the U.S., 56,634 people have died, and...
Folk Music Ambassador Gene Shay Dies at 85
Broadcaster Gene Shay, who over six decades introduced generation after generation of Philadelphians to the expansive patchwork tapestry of folk music, has died from...
Philanthropist Madlyn Abramson Dies at 84
Madlyn Abramson was a cancer survivor who championed cancer research, a Philadelphia public school teacher who championed education locally and in Israel and one...
Philanthropist Suzanne F. Roberts Dies at 98
Suzanne F. Roberts, one of Philadelphia’s most prominent civic icons, died at her Center City home on April 20 of natural causes. She was...
‘SNL’ Producer Hal Willner Dies at 64
Harold “Hal” Willner, a record producer best known for his unorthodox approach to tribute compilations and as the longtime music director for “Saturday Night...