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Saul Halpert, 93, longtime TV journalist
Back in the day, broadcast journalists came in three varieties.
Obituaries: Week of August 26, 2016
Eunice Armond-Greenstein died July 28 at 97. Survived by daughter Leslie (Steven) Saeta; 2 grandchildren; 1 great-grandchild. Hillside
Obituaries: Week of August 19, 2016
Anita Albeck died July 20 at 92. Survived by daughter Candace (Richard) Gardner; 4 grandchildren; 6 great-grandchildren. Hillside
David Horowitz, publicist for entertainers, politicians, 86
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
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
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
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
Manuel (Manny) Batshaw, who was considered “the architect of Montreal’s Jewish community,” has died at 101.