Mr. DeFeo confessed to killing his parents and four siblings in 1974 at their home in Amityville, N.Y. The house became the subject of books and movies. Source: New York Times
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Mary Monahan, Dedicated Preschool Teacher, Dies at 67
By Gotham Rex on March 15, 2021
An Irish immigrant to the Bronx as a toddler, she had ample training for her job as the eldest of eight children. She died of complications of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Paul Jones, a Hamptonite of Many Pursuits, Dies at 40
By Gotham Rex on March 12, 2021
Real estate agent, bouncer, furniture maker, coach and also a new father, he was known all over Long Island’s East End. Engaged to be married, he died of Covid-19. Source: New York Times
Walter LaFeber, Historian Who Dissected Diplomacy, Dies at 87
By Gotham Rex on March 10, 2021
Challenging convention from all political perspectives, he mesmerized his students at Cornell, many of whom went on to hold foreign policy posts or professorships. Source: New York Times
Barbara Ess, 76, Dies; Artist Blurred Lines Between Life and Art
By Gotham Rex on March 9, 2021
An avant-garde musician and photographer, she was widely known for her large-scale ambient works shot with a pinhole camera. Source: New York Times
Richie Tienken, Whose Comedy Club Propelled Careers, Dies at 75
By Gotham Rex on March 6, 2021
At the Comic Strip, which Mr. Tienken and two partners opened in 1976, Eddie Murphy, Jerry Seinfeld and many others made a lot of people laugh. Source: New York Times
Priscilla Read Chenoweth, Who Won Freedom for a Stranger, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on March 5, 2021
She spent seven years and much of her retirement savings to prove that a teenager had been wrongly convicted of murder. Source: New York Times
Henry Goldrich, Gear Guru to Rock Stars, Is Dead at 88
By Gotham Rex on March 4, 2021
The owner of Manny’s Music in Manhattan, he brought wah-wah to Hendrix and Clapton and connected musicians with equipment that helped define their styles. Source: New York Times
Benjamin J. Fernandez, Photojournalist and Mentor, Dies at 84
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2021
He photographed Martin Luther King Jr. and produced classic images of the protest movements of the 1960s. Source: New York Times
Joseph D. Duffey, 88, Dies; Apostle of Liberalism and Humanities
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2021
His 1970 Senate race in Connecticut energized antiwar progressives. He later served two presidents and headed universities in Massachusetts and Washington. Source: New York Times
Toko Shinoda Dies at 107; Fused Calligraphy With Abstract Expressionism
By Gotham Rex on March 3, 2021
One of the foremost Japanese artists of the 20th century, she was sought after by major museums and galleries worldwide for more than five decades. Source: New York Times
Norman Landsberg, Jeweler With a Friendly Touch, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on March 1, 2021
He designed and sold jewelry for 72 years from a booth in the diamond district in Manhattan. He died of Covid-related pneumonia. Source: New York Times
Susan Feingold Dies at 95; Helped Give New York Children a Head Start
By Gotham Rex on February 25, 2021
Her Bloomingdale Family Program provided preschoolers with a haven where there hadn’t been one before. It became a model for similar efforts under Lyndon Johnson’s War on Poverty. Source: New York Times
Lenore Janis, Who Broke Construction Industry Barriers, Dies at 86
By Gotham Rex on February 24, 2021
As a founder and president of an influential trade organization, she showed women how to make it in a field that had long excluded them. Source: New York Times
Judy Wald, Headhunter in the ‘Mad Men’ Era, Dies at 96
By Gotham Rex on February 23, 2021
She was a power broker in advertising’s glamour years, recruiting and fostering much of the industry’s biggest talent. Source: New York Times