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DAVID MARTIN FREEDMAN, the former general manager of WWOZ-FM who was credited with expanding the local FM station into a local powerhouse and one of the more noted stations on the internet with an international following, died...
PHYLLIS SCHARFF STERN, a former realtor and community volunteer, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 12, 2024. She was 90.
Always an exceptionally warm and gracious lady, Phyllis was welcoming and kind to everyone she met throughout her life. A...
KIRA BROWN, a New Orleans native and a massage therapist, died earlier this week. She was 54.
Brown is survived by her siblings Howard (Donna) Brown, Sharon (Lance) Sherry and Cynthia (Vince) Waldman.
A graveside funeral service will be held...
VICTOR IVAN KOOCK, an attorney and former executive vice president of Tidewater, Inc., passed away and will be memorialized tomorrow in a service at Temple Sinai tomorrow, April 1 at 12 noon.
A native of New York, he moved to...
ROSALYN “ROZ” LUBEL GROSSMAN, a former resident of New Orleans, died Tues., March 26, 2024 in Atlanta. She was 88.
She grew up in New Orleans as a youngster, but late moved to Monroe, LA, where she graduated from Neville...
By ANDREW SILOW-CARROLL
(JTA) — Steve Lawrence, the Brooklyn-born son of a cantor who with his wife Eydie Gormé formed one of the most enduring popular singing duos during the golden age of the Las Vegas lounge act and television...
COLEMAN SAMUEL SCHNEIDER, M.D., a noted radiologist, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. He was 97.
Dr. Schneider was was president of the New Orleans Radiology Society, a fellow in the College of Radiology and a member of the...
SYBIL FRIEDBERG KLINE, an iconoclastic New Orleanian and beloved community member, passed away on January 28, 2024. She was 92.
Sybil Kline marched to the beat of her own drum. She was never afraid to stand up in front of...
MAURICE SIMON, JR passed away at the age of 99 on December 29, 2023. He was 99.
He is survived by his children Cheryl Simon and Marc Simon, and one grandchild. He was predeceased by his first wife, Helen Heyman...
NED GOLDBERG, the longtime public face of the Jewish Regional Children’s Service (JCRS), died on December 25 of prostate cancer. Goldberg, who retired in 2022 after 33 years of continuous service to the agency that serves a seven-state area in...
