Obituaries

Dr. Mark Wainberg, renowned AIDS researcher, drowns while vacationing in Florida for Passover

Wainberg, 71, was best known for identifying one of the first effective anti-viral treatments for the disease.

April 13, 2017 11:13 am

Don Rickles, insult comedian and actor, is dead at 90

"My friends and family know what I'm really like," said the comic nicknamed "Mr. Warmth."

April 6, 2017 3:18 pm

Masha Leon, Forward society columnist for 30 years, dies at 86

Leon and her mother were hidden by a Catholic woman in Warsaw during the Holocaust and eventually they were issued transit visas to Japan by Chiune Sugihara.

April 5, 2017 1:16 pm

Ted Cutler, Boston philanthropist, businessman and arts patron, dies

April 2, 2017 2:07 pm

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, whose ‘Babi Yar’ exposed anti-Semitism, dies at 84

April 2, 2017 1:13 pm

Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, who earned doctorate 80 years after Nazis’ denial, dies at 104

March 27, 2017 2:06 pm

Historian Elliott Horowitz, expert on Jewish violence, dies at 64

March 20, 2017 2:48 pm

Adam Krief, Jewish father of 3 whose bone marrow search inspired celebrities, dies

March 14, 2017 4:23 pm

David Rubinger, Israeli photographer who took iconic photo of soldiers at Western Wall, dies

March 2, 2017 4:41 pm

Joseph Wapner, retired judge who starred on ‘The People’s Court,’ dies at 97

February 26, 2017 3:23 pm

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Obituaries

Dr. Mark Wainberg, renowned AIDS researcher, drowns while vacationing in Florida for Passover

Don Rickles, insult comedian and actor, is dead at 90

Masha Leon, Forward society columnist for 30 years, dies at 86

Ted Cutler, Boston philanthropist, businessman and arts patron, dies

Russian poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko, whose ‘Babi Yar’ exposed anti-Semitism, dies at 84

Ingeborg Syllm-Rapoport, who earned doctorate 80 years after Nazis’ denial, dies at 104

Historian Elliott Horowitz, expert on Jewish violence, dies at 64

Adam Krief, Jewish father of 3 whose bone marrow search inspired celebrities, dies

David Rubinger, Israeli photographer who took iconic photo of soldiers at Western Wall, dies

Joseph Wapner, retired judge who starred on ‘The People’s Court,’ dies at 97

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