Anna Ornstein, psychoanalyst who survived the Holocaust, dies at 98
Ornstein, who was born in Hungary and in the 1950s immigrated to the United States,...
News Obituaries
Valery Panov, ballet star who fought to leave the USSR, dies at 87
The struggle of Panov, who was half Jewish, to leave the Soviet Union was taken...
Lalo Schifrin, composer of the ‘Mission: Impossible’ theme, dies at 93
Born Boris Claudio Schifrin to a Jewish family in Buenos Aires — where his father...
Leonard Lauder, who expanded his Jewish family’s business into a cosmetics empire, dies at 92
As president of The Estée Lauder Companies from 1972 to 1995 and as CEO from...
Edward Anders, who duped Nazis and illuminated the cosmos, dies at 98
Edward Anders, Who Duped Nazis and Illuminated the Cosmos, Dies at 98
Food Network star Anne Burrell dead at 55
Anne Burrell, the Food Network star best known for hosting the channel’s hit show “Worst...
Marthe Cohn, a wartime Jewish nurse who spied for the French, dies at 105
Marthe Cohn died May 20 at her home in Rancho Palos Verdes, California, in Los...
Sly Stone, leader of funk revolutionaries Sly and the Family Stone, dies at 82
Sly Stone, the revolutionary musician and dynamic showman whose Sly and the Family Stone transformed...
Edmund White, a groundbreaking gay author, dies at 85
His novels included 'A Boy’s Own Story' and 'The Beautiful Room is Empty.'
Stanley Fischer, who helped defuse financial crises, dies at 81
Fischer served as the head of Israel’s central bank from 2005-13, as vice chair of...