Obituaries from Newsday
Thomas Gulotta, whose personal touch with voters kept him as Nassau's county executive for 14 years before criticism over his handling of a fiscal crisis drove him from office in 2001, died Aug. 4, 2019. Gulotta, shown in a 1997 photo, was 75. Photo Credit: Newsday/Dick Kraus
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Modesto DiRaimo could be found daily at the pizza place, holding court with friends, family and customers.
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William Arens sparked controversy among academics when he wrote of his skepticism about the practice of cannibalism.
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Alissa Sue Taff, president and founder of the Civic Association of Sweet Hollow, died of colon cancer on her wedding anniversary.
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Remember notable Long Islanders who recently died.
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Thomas Laffey, who left Ireland in the mid-1950s, founded a real estate agency that today grosses $800 million.
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He held the franchise record for wins until Tom Seaver broke it and won the first game for the team at Shea Stadium.
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Milton Zipper took an unorthodox path to success, accepting jobs in far-flung corners of the world.
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First woman in local Rotary club dies at 85
In 1987, Virginia Tinsley was the first woman admitted to the Middle Island Rotary Club, and in 1991 became its first female president.
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A celebrated chess master, Shelby Lyman started his chess column at Newsday and narrated the 1972 World Chess Championship.
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Joan B. Johnson was the first African American official in Islip Town history.
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Firefighting was in Jeffrey Kempf Sr.'s blood, his son said. "If you didn't join, you weren't part of the cult of the family."