Obituaries: Week of August 19, 2016
Jewish Journal
August 17, 2016
Anita Albeck died July 20 at 92. Survived by daughter Candace (Richard) Gardner; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside
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Fyvush Finkel, veteran actor with roots in Yiddish theater, dies at 93
Jewish Journal
August 15, 2016
Fyvush Finkel, an Emmy Award-winning actor who began his career performing in the Yiddish theater, has died at 93.
Joseph Wilf, Holocaust survivor and major Jewish philanthropist, dies at 91
Jewish Journal
August 3, 2016
Joseph Wilf, a Polish-Jewish Holocaust survivor and founder of one of the country’s largest real estate development companies, has died at 91.
David Horowitz, publicist for entertainers, politicians, 86
Ryan Torok
August 3, 2016
David Horowitz, a publicist who worked with President Bill Clinton, actress and singer Barbra Streisand and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, died July 17 at his Westwood home.
Abdul Sattar Edhi, Muslim humanitarian who preserved Daniel Pearl’s remains, 88
Tom Tugend
August 3, 2016
Abdul Sattar Edhi, a Muslim humanitarian, died July 8 in Karachi, Pakistan, mourned by millions of Pakistanis and, in Los Angeles, by the family of slain journalist Daniel Pearl.
Melvin Durslag, journalist, dies at 95
Jewish Journal
August 2, 2016
Melvin Durslag, one of the last surviving major metropolitan newspaper columnists who personified and shaped the golden age of Jewish sportswriters in post-World War II America, died in Santa Monica on July 17. He was 95.
Obituaries: Week of July 29, 2016
Jewish Journal
July 27, 2016
Edward David Astrin died July 12 at 80. Survived by wife Barbara; daughter Elizabeth (Garrett) Hoffman; son Gregory; 2 grandchildren. Mount Sinai
Manuel Batshaw, ‘architect of Montreal’s Jewish community,’ 101
Jewish Journal
July 19, 2016
Manuel (Manny) Batshaw, who was considered “the architect of Montreal’s Jewish community,” has died at 101.
Obituaries: Week of July 15, 2016
Jewish Journal
July 13, 2016
Martin Bergman died June 12 at 80. Survived by wife Cheryl; daughter Carrie (Ty) Stevens; son Michael; 1 grandchild. Mount Sinai
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