Obituaries

Florida Rabbi Yaakov Thompson, born Protestant, dies at 61

He loved guitar and was a mensch in every sense, said his wife.

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Oldest American, Goldie Michelson, dies at 113 — a month away from birthday

Michelson, who came to the U.S. from Russia at 2, was active in Jewish groups, helped resettle Soviet refugees — and loved acting.

Abner Mikva, judge and congressman who mentored a president, dies at 90

In 2014, President Obama awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country's highest civilian honor, to Mikva.

Rabbi Max Ticktin, leader in Hillel and havurah movements, dies at 94

Elie Wiesel gave the Holocaust a face and the world a conscience

Rabbi Maurice Lamm, author of ‘Jewish Way in Death and Mourning,’ dies

Aerospace pioneer Simon Ramo dies at 103

Anton Yelchin, Russian-Jewish ‘Star Trek’ actor, crushed to death by own car at 27

Boris Schnaiderman, Brazil’s pioneering Russian literature translator, dies at 99

Morley Safer, award-winning ’60 Minutes’ correspondent, dies at 84

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