obituaries
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Opinion
End of watch for ex-NYPD Commish Bernie Kerik, 1955-2025
Former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik, “America’s Cop,” who helped make New York the safest big city in America and led…
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Stories
David Diaz, longtime NYC reporter who worked at NBC and CBS, dead at 82
Retired New York City journalist David Diaz who delivered the news to Big Apple residents for decades and was affectionately…
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Stories
Ex-NY Rep. Nita Lowey dies at 87, served 30 years in House
Former longtime New York Rep. Nita Lowey, who served in Congress for 32 years and became the first woman to…
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Stories
Legendary Post editor, mentor Michael Hechtman dies at 82
Michael Hechtman, a beloved and irascible New York Post editor who spent more than four decades at the tabloid, died…
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Life Style
‘He is God’s problem now’
You’ll be dying to read this. A Texas man penned a laugh-out-loud obituary for his late father, letting the public…
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Stories
Longtime NY1 travel reporter Valarie D’Elia dies at 64 after ALS battle, station says
Longtime NY1 travel reporter Valarie D’Elia died Tuesday following a fight with ALS, the local station said. She was 64.…
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Business
Famous Amos cookies founder Wally Amos dead at 88
The founder of the popular chocolate chip cookie brand Famous Amos cookies died Tuesday at age 88. Wallace “Wally” Amos…
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Life Style
Richard Simmons, legendary fitness guru, dead at 76
Legendary fitness instructor Richard Simmons has died, according to a report. Simmons, who turned 76 Friday, died just 24 hours…
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Business
16 Handles founder Solomon Choi dies at 44
Solomon Choi, who founded New York City’s self-serve frozen yogurt concept 16 Handles in 2008, died on Friday at 44. No cause…
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Business
Convicted insider trader Ivan Boesky, inspiration for Gordon Gekko in ‘Wall Street,’ dead at 87
Ivan F. Boesky, the flamboyant stock trader whose cooperation with the government cracked open one of the largest insider trading…
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