Obituaries

British pop star George Michael, who had Jewish roots, dies at 53

Michael said his maternal grandmother was Jewish, but she married a non-Jewish man and raised her children with no knowledge of their Jewish background out of fear during World War II.

Rabbi Lionel Blue, the first openly gay British rabbi, dies at 86

Blue, who was ordained a Reform rabbi in 1960, also was a popular broadcaster on the BBC for 30 years.

Actress Zsa Zsa Gabor, Hollywood socialite who was married 9 times, dies at 99

Gabor, whose given name was Sari, was known for calling everybody dah-link in her Hungarian-accented English.

Benjamin Gilman, who served more than 30 years in Congress, dies at 94

Henry Heimlich, inventor of maneuver to save choking victims, dies at 96

Brazilian cardinal who faced down dictators over murdered Jew dies at 95

The 4 eras of John Glenn

Adolf Burger, last of ‘Hitler’s counterfeiters,’ dies at 99

Rabbi Ben Zion Shenker, composer of 500 Hasidic melodies, dies at 91

Cuba’s Fidel Castro is dead at 90

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