Obituaries

Frederick Mayer, German Jew-turned US spy against the Nazis, dies at 94

Mayer posed as a German soldier for more than two months, sending intelligence on Nazi troop movements to his commanders back in the U.S.

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Doris Roberts, 4-time Emmy winner from ‘Everybody Loves Raymond,’ dies

Roberts, who was of Russian Jewish descent, was acclaimed for her role as the meddling Italian mother Marie Barone on the long-running sitcom.

Author Imre Kertesz, Holocaust survivor and Nobel laureate, dies at 86

Kertesz portrayed the horrors of Auschwitz in some of his writings and was the first Hungarian to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Joseph Sher, Holocaust survivor and tailor to stars, dies at 100

Former Intel CEO Andy Grove, a Holocaust survivor, dies at 79

Police probe death of Bob Adelman, civil rights photographer

Leon Charney, Jewish TV show host and property tycoon, dies

Former Mossad chief Meir Dagan dies at 71

Nancy Reagan, former first lady, recalled as ‘great friend’ of Israel by its leaders

Philanthropist Bram Goldsmith, former UJA chair, dies at 93

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