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MORTON BROWN, M.D., a retired internist who specialized in the treatment of pulmonary disease, died earlier today, April 15, 2015, at Ochsner Westbank Medical Center. He was 84.
Dr. Brown was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was...
JEFFREY STEVEN MARKS, a top ranked teacher at South Plaquermines High School, died at Ochsner Foundation Hospital on Monday, April 13. He was 61.
A native of the Chicagoland area, Marks was a member of Congregation Gates of Prayer.
Locally,...
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Yehuda Avner, a speechwriter and adviser to four Israeli prime ministers, has died.
Avner, who wrote a memoir about his government service called “The Prime Ministers,” died Tuesday at his home in Jerusalem. He was 86.
As...
MEYER “MIKE” SUTTON, 94, died yesterday, March 16, 2015 at his home in New Orleans.
Sutton owned and operated antiques and jewelry stores in the French Quarter among them Sutton’s Fairyland, which he closed in 1974, and Cynthia et Cie...
ALBERT J. DAUBE, a retired local businessman, died peacefully in his sleep at his residence on Saturday, March 14, 2015. He was 94.
A German-born, Jewish refugee from the Nazi era, Daube became a naturalized American citizen and served in...
The local Chabad Lubavitch community is still reeling from the untimely passing of Nadiv Kehaty, 30, a Brooklyn realtor, husband and father of four, who died from internal injuries sustained in a fall.
A native of New Orleans, Kehaty was...
LOS ANGELES (JTA) — Sam Simon, who co-created “The Simpsons,” one of the most successful shows in television history, has died.
Simon died on Sunday of colorectal cancer. He was 59.
Simon only spent four years writing for “The Simpsons,”...
ALINE LOEWENBERG ROTHSCHILD, a native and lifelong resident of New Orleans, died early Tuesday morning, March 10. she was 94.
Rothschild, who graduated from Newcomb College and the Tulane School of Social Work, was a devoted wife and mother. A...
DEBORAH PACTOR GENTCHER RICE, a housewife and mother, died at her Slidell home on Sat., March 7, 2015, following a ten-year battle with cancer. She was 67 years old.
She is survived by her husband, William H. Rice, Sr.; her...
LIBBYE KATZ GORDON, a native of New Orleans, who lived in Metairie resident died Thursday, March 5. She was 98.
Gordon was a lifetime member of Hadassah and received many awards through the years for her service to the local...
