Obituaries

BOCA RATON, FLA—Jack Burt Jacobson, 90, of Virginia Beach passed away peacefully at home on April...

Newport News—Irvin “Buddy” Holzsweig, 93, of Newport News passed away peacefully April 15, 2020,...

Yom Kippur had just ended and the members of his synagogue were preparing to go home to eat after...

Norfolk—Jerry Epstein, 94, passed away on April 8, 2020. He was born on November 29, 1925 in...

(JTA)—Adam Schlesinger, known as one of the lead songwriters of the pop rock band Fountains of...

Hollywood, Fla.—Stan Lee Shapiro, 90, passed away on March 16, 2020 surrounded by family members....

Virginia Beach—Henriette “Henie” Friedlander Rose, 79, passed away in Virginia Beach on Tuesday,...

Norfolk—Cilda Klaff Meltzer, 89, passed away on April 6, 2020 in her home. She was a lifelong...

Norfolk—Phyllis L. Lannik, a longtime resident of Portsmouth and Norfolk, Virginia died on...

Charlottesville, Va.—Professor Henry J. Abraham passed away February 26, 2020 at the age of 98 in...

James Lipton, who hosted the Inside the Actors Studio on the Bravo channel for 23 seasons, has...

Virginia Beach—Rob lost his battle with cancer on Saturday, February 8 at the age of 62. He will...

Norfolk—Jacob Cohen, 94, known lovingly as Jack, was a native of Norfolk, Virginia and was the son...

Hopkinsville, Kentucky—It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Jonny Ileene...

BOSTON (JTA)—Stephan Ross, a prominent Boston-area Holocaust survivor who founded the New England...

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Hosni Mubarak, who as president of Egypt for 30 years kept his nation’s “cold...

Larry Tesler, the American computer scientist whose many personal computing innovations included...

Sy Sperling, the Jewish son of a Bronx plumber who became famous for his hair loss treatment...

Virginia Beach—Sarita Rebe Sachs, 87, the wife of Judge Leonard B. Sachs, passed away unexpectedly...

Virginia Beach—Dr. Irwin Stanley Sacks, age 81, passed away peacefully at home on February 22,...