Obituaries

Singer-songwriter Lesley Gore, whose hit It’s My Party topped the charts in 1963 when she was 17,...

Bob Simon, the Emmy Award-winning CBS News and 60 Minutes correspondent, was killed in a car...

WARSAW, Poland (JTA)—Roman Frister, a Holocaust survivor who was a former editor of Haaretz, has...

Will iamsburg —Beatrice Steinhouser Legum passed away peacefully on Dec. 2, 2014. Known to...

Virginia Beach —Sam C. Brown, Jr., 89, a native of Charleston, S.C., peacefully passed away...

NEW YORK (JTA)—Luise Rainer, the first actress to win back-to-back Academy Awards, died on...

David Landau, a British-born Israeli journalist who held top positions at several English-language...

Petersburg, Va.—Dr. Martin Sheintoch, 93, passed away January 25, 2015 surrounded by his family....

Virginia Beach —Henry Edward Rubin, 83, passed away on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2015 in Richmond, Va. He...

Norfolk — Iris Robinson Pincus, loving wife, mother and grandmother passed peacefully on Tuesday,...

Portsmouth — Arthur Victor Lerman, 77, died February 2, 2015. A native of Portsmouth, he was the...

Virginia Beach —Esther Levine Goldman, of Virginia Beach, passed away on January 24, 2015 at age...

Silver Spring , Md—On Monday, Jan. 19, 2015 Dr. Albert S. Glickman of Silver Spring, Md., passed...

Hertfordshire , England —Braham Martin Baum passed away peacefully on Tuesday, Jan. 27 at the age...

(JTA)—Mario Cuomo, a three-term New York governor, was the rare politician who appealed to the...

Bess Myerson, the only Jewish woman to be crowned Miss America, has died. Myerson, who also was a...

Norfolk —Alan J. Mand, 77, passed away on Friday, Jan. 2, 2014. He was a Norfolk native, Maury...

Norfolk —Ethel A. Katz, 97, passed away Thursday, Jan.1, 2015. She was the daughter of the late...

Portsmouth —Gerald Forman Kahan, age 85 of Tampa, Fla., died Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2014. Mr. Kahan...

Portsmouth —Florence Bress Karp, 96, died Thursday, Dec. 18, 2014 in her home. A Norfolk native,...