Obituaries

Actress Frances Bay, 92, marble rye lady on ‘Seinfeld’

Actress Frances Bay, the old lady “mugged” for a marble rye by Jerry Seinfeld, placed into a nursing home by Happy Gilmore, and “Fonzi’s” Grandma Nussbaum died in Los Angeles on Sept. 15 at 92. From the 1978 Goldie Hawn-Chevy Chase film “Foul Play” on, Bay “hit her stride playing the role she became known […]

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And the sky is grey: Mama Cass Elliot’s birthday

Born Elliot Naomi Cohen, “Mamas and the Papas” singer Cass Elliot would have turned 70 years old today. [[READMORE]] On July 29, 1974, Elliot suffered a fatal heart attack after a performance at the London Palladium. Unfortunately, JTA was one of many news agencies who erroneously reported the cause of her death as choking on […]

Charles Percy obit (ixnay on the AIPAC-a angle-a)

The weird thing about The New York Times and the Jews… is that the Grey Lady seems to fluctuate between obsession and avoidance. Sometimes in the same week. Case in point: The Times published a front-page story on whether Jewish voters are increasingly willing to dump President Obama over his handling of Israel-related issues — and […]

German-Australian journalist Juergen Corleis

The Eulogizer: German-Australian journalist Juergen Corleis

Ezat Delijani, 83, L.A. businessman

The Eulogizer: Israeli hiker Einat Tabori, L.A. businessman Ezat Delijani

The Eulogizer: British entrepreneur David Lewis

Jacob Max, rabbi in Baltimore area, dies

The Eulogizer: Elliot Handler, Barbie’s ‘dad,’ and more on alleged mobster Francois Abutbul

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