At stations in Philadelphia and then New York, he relaxed the tone of news delivery, using two anchors, a diverse team of reporters and dollops of banter. Source: New York Times
Posts published in “Deaths (Obituaries)”
Jim Florio, New Jersey Governor Undone by Tax Hike, Dies at 85
By Gotham Rex on September 26, 2022
A Democrat, he had successes on gun control, the environment and property-tax relief, but after raising income and sales taxes, he lost a bid for re-election. Source: New York Times
John Train, Paris Review Co-Founder and Cold War Operative, Dies at 94
By Gotham Rex on September 21, 2022
His career, ranging from literature to finance to war, and from France to Afghanistan, seemed to cover every interest and issue of his exalted social class. Source: New York Times
Susan L. Solomon, Crusader for Stem Cell Research, Dies at 71
By Gotham Rex on September 13, 2022
Vexed by lags in producing cures for diabetes and cancer, she helped raise $400 million to start a foundation that has made medical breakthroughs. Source: New York Times
Marc Lewitinn, 76, Covid Patient, Dies After 850 Days on a Ventilator
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2022
While no definitive statistics exist, doctors say he was likely the longest-surviving intubated Covid patient. Source: New York Times
Thomas Carney, Crusty Bartender at Elaine’s, Dies at 82
By Gotham Rex on September 9, 2022
Cracking wise, keeping tabs and keeping order, the head barman of New York’s famous saloon was a supporting character in one of the city’s longest-running shows. Source: New York Times
Charlie Finch, Caustic Chronicler of New York’s Art Scene, Dies at 69
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2022
He exposed what he saw as pretension and bad art with passion and, at times, viciousness, winning fans but offending many. Source: New York Times
Stanley Turkel, Manager and Avid Historian of Hotels, Dies at 96
By Gotham Rex on September 3, 2022
A hotelier, a history maven and a New York civic activist, he chronicled hotels in extraordinary detail both in books and on a blog. Source: New York Times
Robert LuPone, Actor Who Became a Behind-the-Scenes Force, Dies at 76
By Gotham Rex on August 31, 2022
After playing a critical Broadway role in “A Chorus Line,” he helped start the vibrant Off Broadway MCC Theater. TV watchers knew him from “The Sopranos” and “Law and Order.” Source: New York Times
Rick Reed, G.O.P. Adman of ‘Swift Boat’ Campaign, Dies at 69
By Gotham Rex on August 28, 2022
In helping to create a series of ads attacking the Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry’s military record, he added a new term to the political lexicon. Source: New York Times
Steven Hoffenberg, Debt Baron Who Ran a Vast Fraud, Dies at 77
By Gotham Rex on August 26, 2022
A onetime business associate of Jeffrey Epstein who briefly controlled The New York Post, he spent 18 years in prison for a $460 million Ponzi scheme. Source: New York Times
Howard Rosenthal, Who Quantified Partisanship in Congress, Dies at 83
By Gotham Rex on August 25, 2022
He took part in studies that found the widening ideological divide to be the largest since post-Civil War Reconstruction. Source: New York Times
Andrew J. Maloney, Prosecutor Who Took Down John Gotti, Dies at 90
By Gotham Rex on August 18, 2022
A street-smart U.S. attorney, he won a conviction against the Mafia boss after several previous efforts failed. Source: New York Times
Raymond Damadian, Creator of the First M.R.I. Scanner, Dies at 86
By Gotham Rex on August 17, 2022
Incensed when two others won the Nobel Prize for the science behind the invention, he took out a newspaper ad that called his exclusion a “shameful wrong that must be righted.” Source: New York Times
Joanne Koch, Who Led Lincoln Center’s Film Society, Dies at 92
A lifelong film lover, she stood up to protesters, and to federal and church authorities, to bring challenging movies to the masses. Source: New York Times