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By DOMINIC MASSA, Courtesy of WWL-TV.com
SHARON LITWIN, a longtime local cultural advocate, journalist and civic booster whose leadership roles included serving the New Orleans Museum of Art (NOMA) and the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), died Friday. She was 75.
...HARRY SIMON “SKIPPY” KAUFMAN III, age 74, died at his New Orleans residence on Tues., June 21, 2016. He was 74.
A native of New Orleans, Kaufman graduated from the University of Southwestern Louisiana with training as a certified respiratory...
ROSEMARY DAVIS KATZ FORTMAYER, a registered nurse and mother, passed away on Wed., June 15, 2016. She was 77 years.
She is survived by “The Katz Boys”: Barry, Jeff (Jane), Mark (Tricia), and Bruce Katz (Karen); her sister...
JOHANNA “JODY” PACTOR RAU died at her Metairie home on Wed., June 15, 2016. She was 85.
A housewife and mother, Rau was born in Reno, NV. and was a longtime resident of New Orleans. She was a life-long member of...
BERT WILLIAM STOLIER, a retired businessman and one of the oldest remaining Jewish veterans of the World War II era, died Monday morning, June 13, at St. John Carpenter’s Hospice in Harahan. He was 97.
Stolier, a New Orleans native,...
IVAN R. LEOPOLD, a retired New Orleans businessman, died at Canon Hospice on Wednesday, June 8, 2016. He was 85.
A native of New Orleans, Leopold was a graduate of Fortier High School and Tulane University. He served in the...
RALPH MOSKOWITZ, a retired pharmacist, who was the oldest living registered pharmacist in the state, died of cancer at his home on June 3. He was 95.
A native New Orleanian, Moskowitz resided in both New Orleans and Metairie. He...
SAUL CAMERON BERMAN, the business owner of Jack’s Metal Arts, a firm known for its hand crafting of metal works of art and in particular for its specialization of gas lanterns popular throughout the French Quarter and elsewhere, died unexpectedly...
(JTA) — Morley Safer, a “60 Minutes” correspondent for 46 years who as a reporter helped turn American public opinion against the Vietnam War with his coverage showing U.S. atrocities, died Thursday.
Safer, who died a week after his retirement...
ALBERT E. PUKOF, a retail manager and New Orleans native, passed away on May 6, 2016.
Pukof is survived by his wife Charlene Dulitz Pukof; his daughters Donna Fury (Andrew) and Rhonda Guttuso (Frank); and three grandchildren. He was also...
