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Hope, and New Life, in a Brooklyn Maternity Ward Fighting Covid-19

2020-04-12T09:01:15+0000

In a hospital at the center of the crisis, nearly 200 babies have arrived since March. Some pregnant women have fallen extremely ill, but doctors are winning battles for their lives and their children’s.


Lawrence Pierce, Judge in Contraceptives Case, Dies at 95

2020-02-13T19:42:06+0000

On the federal bench, he voided a New York law banning the sale of birth-control products to minors. He considered himself a Republican civil libertarian.


Ricky Jay, Gifted Magician, Actor and Author, Is Dead at 72

2018-11-25T05:55:09+0000

Mr. Jay, described as “the most gifted sleight-of-hand artist alive,” also acted in 40 or so films and television shows, including “Boogie Nights.”


Samuel D. Cook, Educator Who Pierced Campus Color Barriers, Dies at 88

2017-06-09T00:18:09+0000

The first black professor to hold a tenure-track appointment at a mostly white Southern university, and a childhood friend of Martin Luther King Jr.


Billy Pierce, White Sox Power Pitcher in the 1950s, Dies at 88

2015-07-31T19:47:56+0000

Pierce, a Chicago White Sox left-hander with a blazing fastball, became one of baseball’s leading pitchers of the 1950s.


Tributes for Pierce and Garnett, and Another Victory for the Nets

2014-01-27T02:49:14+0000

For Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, it was an emotional homecoming to Boston, and it ended with the Nets’ fifth straight win.


Walter Pierce, Modernist Architect, Dies at 93

2013-03-16T22:32:46+0000

Mr. Pierce, who was born in Brooklyn, lived his last 55 years in a house he built in Peacock Farm, Mass., a 45-acre subdivision of stylish, affordable homes that he designed.


Paid Notice: Deaths PIERCE, WILLA MARTIN

2006-06-04T05:00:00+0000

PIERCE--Willa Martin, a resident of Rye, NY died Tuesday, May 30. She was 94, and was the wife of the late Marvin Pierce. Services will be private.


Paid Notice: Deaths PIERCE, WILLA MARTIN

2006-06-03T05:00:00+0000

PIERCE--Willa Martin, a resident of Rye, NY died Tuesday, May 30. She was 94, and was the wife of the late Marvin Pierce. Services will be private.


Paid Notice: Deaths PIERCE, DORA REDWAY

2006-05-25T05:00:00+0000

PIERCE--Dora Redway, 85. Of Northeast Harbor, ME. Died peacefully on May 16 in Bar Harbor, ME. Widow of the late C. Eliot Pierce, she is survived by her four children: Charles E. Pierce, Jr., of Manhattan; Edith P. Murphy of Rockland, ME; Joan P. Uraneck of South Portland, ME; and Benjamin R. Pierce, of Devon, PA. She also leaves seven grandchildren: Leila P. Murphy of Rockland, ME; Oren Murphy of Beirut, Lebanon; Sheila Pierce Ortona, of Rome, Italy; C. Eliot Pierce III, of Brooklyn, NY; Christ ...



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It was Game 7 of the 1960 World Series, when an infielder known for his glove, not his bat, crushed the powerful Yankees with one swing, bringing joy to Pittsburgh.

John Shirreffs, 80, Dies; Trainer of a Nearly Perfect Horse

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