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Paid Notice: Deaths WARD, ARTHUR DOWNS

2002-01-30T05:00:00+0000

WARD-Arthur Downs. Of Forest Hills, NY. A retired Navy Captain with a lifetime of service in naval aviation. Active leader with the Naval Aviation Commandery, the Navy League and the Association of Naval Aviation. A long career in the popular music field as manager of singing groups ''The Honey Dreamers'' and ''The Arbors''. President of A&R Recording Inc, NY, NY. Husband of the late Sally Fisher. Loving father of Candy Ward-Ruchala, Karen Ward-Rode, Arthur, Jr. and Russell Fisher Ward. Grandfat ...


Dr. Marshall H. Klaus, Maternity-Ward Reformer, Dies at 90

2017-08-25T19:48:17+0000

Dr. Klaus’s research led many hospitals to allow closer contact between parents and babies immediately after birth.


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.


Ward Just, 84, Dies; Ex-Journalist Found Larger Truths in Fiction

2019-12-20T16:27:58+0000

After covering the Vietnam War and Washington, Mr. Just turned to writing novels that probed American society.


Ward Hall, Who Kept the Sideshow Going, Is Dead at 88

2018-09-06T22:36:16+0000

Withstanding decades of cultural change, his World of Wonders presented oddities and amazements at carnivals and fairs all over the United States.


Dr. Marshall H. Klaus, Maternity-Ward Reformer, Dies at 90

2017-08-25T19:48:17+0000

Dr. Klaus’s research led many hospitals to allow closer contact between parents and babies immediately after birth.


Ward Chamberlin Jr., Architect of Nation’s Public Broadcasting, Dies at 95

2017-02-28T01:29:52+0000

Mr. Chamberlin pioneered an enduring decentralized network model of independent public stations and supported documentaries like Ken Burns’s “The Civil War.”


Aileen Ward, Author of Award-Winning Keats Biography, Dies at 97

2016-06-08T00:17:12+0000

Professor Ward spent nine years researching “John Keats: The Making of a Poet,” which won the National Book Award in 1964.


Horace Ward, U.S. Judge Who Triumphed Over Bias, Dies at 88

2016-04-27T23:50:46+0000

Mr. Ward sued the University of Georgia after it rejected his law school application because of his race. He became Georgia’s first black federal judge.


Horace Ward, U.S. Judge Who Triumphed Over Bias, Dies at 88

2016-04-27T23:50:46+0000

Mr. Ward sued the University of Georgia after it rejected his law school application because of his race. He became Georgia’s first black federal judge.



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Erich von Däniken, Who Claimed Aliens Visited Earth, Dies at 90

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 19:36:53 +0000

His 1968 book, “Chariots of the Gods,” sold hundreds of thousands of copies, but one critic called it a “warped parody of reasoning.”

Bob Weir, Guitarist and Founding Member of The Grateful Dead, Dies at 78

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:15:16 +0000

His songwriting and rhythm guitar playing helped shape the San Francisco band’s sound as it became an American institution.

Richard Codey, Former New Jersey Governor, Dies at 79

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 20:33:44 +0000

He was the longest serving legislator in New Jersey, while also running an insurance company and funeral home and coaching youth basketball.

Ron Protas, Polarizing Keeper of Martha Graham’s Legacy, Dies at 84

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 21:31:57 +0000

Graham, the great modern dance choreographer, named him her heir, setting off a bitter legal battle between him and the troupe she founded.

Lynda Blackmon Lowery, One of the Youngest Selma Marchers, Dies at 75

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:59:23 +0000

Her activism began as a teenager in 1963, when she heard the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. speak. It set her on a path to nonviolent protest.

Glenn Hall, Pathbreaking All-Star Hockey Goalie, Dies at 94

Thu, 08 Jan 2026 17:00:26 +0000

Known as “Mr. Goalie,” he created the so-called butterfly style and played in a record 502 consecutive games, without wearing a mask. He received 300 stitches.



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